Vocal outcomes after laser resection of early-stage glottic cancer with adjuvant cryotherapy.

Objective: To evaluate the vocal outcomes of patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma undergoing laser resection with adjuvant cryoablative therapy.

Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Tertiary care center.

Vocal fold healing after laser cordectomy with adjuvant cryotherapy.

Objectives: To understand the effect of adjuvant cryotherapy on glottic wound healing after endoscopic CO2 laser cordectomy.

Study Design: Canine acute injury model with videolaryngostroboscopic and histopathologic outcomes analysis.

Methods: Twelve adult male dogs underwent bilateral endoscopic CO2 laser transmuscular cordectomy followed by randomized unilateral endoscopic glottic cryotherapy.

Ultrasonic detection of middle ear effusion: a preliminary study.

Objective: To assess the ability to detect and characterize middle ear effusion in children using A-mode ultrasonography.

Design: Prospective nonblinded comparison study.

Setting: Tertiary children's hospital.

Intratracheal ectopic thyroid tissue: a case report and literature review.

We discuss a case of intratracheal ectopic thyroid tissue (ETT) that was retrieved from the files of the Otorhinolaryngic--Head and Neck Pathology Registry at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The patient was a 54-year-old man who had a history of papillary thyroid carcinoma, which had been treated with a subtotal thyroidectomy. During routine follow-up 4 years later, the patient's primary care physician detected an elevated thyroglobulin level.