Temporal bone carcinoma: Treatment patterns and survival.

Objectives/hypothesis: Carcinomas of the temporal bone are rare, and appropriate treatment, staging, and survival data are limited. This study evaluates clinical characteristics and survival rates for patients with temporal bone carcinoma treated with resection at a single tertiary-care institution, with a focus on the outcomes of patients with locally advanced disease including skull base and/or dural invasion.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Health-Related Internet Use Among Otolaryngology Patients.

Objective: The association between online health resources use in specific otolaryngology patients is poorly understood. To better understand health-related Internet use by otolaryngology patients, we surveyed first-visit patients at academic and private practice clinics in Iowa.

Methods: Data on socioeconomic status, access, and utilization of online resources were collected.

Reconstruction Outcomes Following Lateral Skull Base Resection.

Objective: Compare reconstruction outcomes for various lateral skull base closure techniques.

Study Design: Retrospective medical records review.

Setting: University-based tertiary referral center.

Utility of peak inspiratory flow in managing subglottic stenosis.

Objectives: To identify the utility of peak inspiratory flow (PIF) in the assessment and management of subglottic stenosis through correlation of clinical presentation with PIF.

Study Design: Case report.

Methods: Review of the clinical course of a 31-year-old woman with the diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Primary culture of human vestibular schwannomas.

Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) represent Schwann cell (SC) tumors of the vestibular nerve, compromising 10% of all intracranial neoplasms. VSs occur in either sporadic or familial (neurofibromatosis type 2, NF2) forms, both associated with inactivating defects in the NF2 tumor suppressor gene. Treatment for VSs is generally surgical resection or radiosurgery, however the morbidity of such procedures has driven investigations into less invasive treatments.

Is electroneurography beneficial in the management of Bell's palsy?

This Manuscript was accepted for publication June 11, 2012.

Shell retention with a cemented acetabular liner.

The authors reviewed the indications, technique, and results of cementing an acetabular liner into a well-fixed cementless acetabular shell. Indications for this procedure include a worn acetabular liner in a well-fixed cementless acetabular shell as well as an unstable total hip construct where the shell is secured. To perform such a procedure, an adequate shell diameter is necessary to accept an acetabular liner that will enable 2 mm of cement mantle around it.