Efficacy of perioperative lidocaine infusion on surgical field quality during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.

Purpose: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the efficacy of perioperative intravenous lidocaine versus placebo in improving the quality of surgical field during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and CENTRAL were thoroughly searched from inception until June 2023. The included RCTs were evaluated via RoB-2 tool.

Thermal welding tonsillectomy versus cold dissection tonsillectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of thermal welding (TW) versus cold dissection (CD) strategies among tonsillectomy patients.

Design And Setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Participants: Patients undergoing tonsillectomy.

Management of a pediatric patient with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak in the lateral recess of sphenoid sinus and meningoencephalocele: A case report and literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in the lateral recess of the sphenoid (LRS) sinus in a pediatric population is rare and is surgically challenging to repair.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 13-year-old girl with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt who presented with a two-month history of clear rhinorrhea from the right nostril. Computed tomography (CT) of the head was performed and showed CSF leak through a defect in the lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus.