Cochlear Implantation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Patients: Speech Perception and Quality of Life.

Objectives: There is a limited understanding of the impact of cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), given the scarcity of reported cases. We aim to evaluate the audiological outcomes and quality of life (QoL) after CI in CMT.

Methods: Multi-institutional, university-affiliated, tertiary-referral centers, retrospective chart review.

Tumor and Nodal Disease Growth Rates in Patients with Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Though specific growth rate (SGR) has potential prognostic value for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), there is sparse literature defining these rates. Our aims were to establish the SGRs of primary tumors (PTs) and lymph nodes (LNs) in OPSCC and to correlate SGR with oncologic outcome. A pilot study was designed with a retrospective analysis examining 54 patients from the University of California, Davis with OPSCC (diagnosed 2012-2019).

Utility of Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea with the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) in Children with Craniofacial Anomalies.

Objective: To determine the accuracy of the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea in children with craniofacial anomalies.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Multidisciplinary cleft and craniofacial clinic at a tertiary care center.

Bereavement Practices Among Head and Neck Cancer Surgeons.

Objectives: Head and neck cancer surgeons frequently interact with dying patients with advanced disease and their families, but little is known about their bereavement practices after a patient's death. The aim of this study is to elucidate the frequency of common bereavement practices, cited barriers to bereavement, and predictive physician factors that lead to an increase in bereavement practices among head and neck cancer surgeons.

Methods: A 20-item survey was sent to 827 active surgeons of the American Head and Neck Society.

Head and neck free-flap salvage.

Purpose Of Review: To highlight three clinical arenas in which head and neck free-flap compromise is encountered and acted upon: nonoperative, operative and postoperative realms.

Recent Findings: Time to identification and intervention is paramount to successful free-flap salvage. Surgical microvascular revision remains chief amongst strategies to revert vascular compromise of a free-flap.

Landscape of Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts Grant Recipients Over the Past Decade.

Objective: To investigate the demographics of CORE grant recipients (Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts) over the last decade and evaluate disparity among recipients as compared with otolaryngology overall. To assess whether procurement of a grant predicts pursuit of an academic career.

Study Design: Analysis of grant recipients' bibliometrics.

Uncovering Disparities in Scholarly Productivity among Junior Surgical Society Grant Recipients.

Background: Despite increasing the number of women and ethnic minority groups in surgery, the academic advancement of such individuals within surgical fields lags behind Caucasian men. We sought to identify gender and ethnic inequalities in the receipt of surgical society research grants for young faculty investigators and compare the scholarly productivity of these groups.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional and retrospective study, the gender and race of surgical society grant recipients were determined from surgical society Web sites.

Impact of palliative treatment on survival in sinonasal malignancies.

Background: Although palliative care treatment modalities have been shown to improve functional outcomes and provide symptom alleviation in sinonasal cancer, its impact on survival still remains unclear. In this study we aimed to elicit the impact of different palliative therapy options on survival in a nationally representative sample of sinonasal cancer patients.

Methods: National Cancer Database 2004-2015 data sets were queried for cases of primary sinonasal cancer (N = 380).

Endoscopic Versus Open Resection of Non-Squamous Cell Carcinoma Sinonasal Malignancies.

Objective: Non-squamous cell carcinoma (non-SCC) variants of sinonasal cancer are rare cancers which are optimally managed with complete surgical resection. This study aims to assess the impact of surgical approach on outcomes by comparison of cases managed with open versus endoscopic resection.

Methods: The National Cancer Database 2004-2015 datasets were queried for all cases of non-SCC initially managed with definitive surgery.

Disproportionally low funding for trauma research by the National Institutes of Health: A call for a National Institute of Trauma.

Background: Trauma is a major cause of death and disability in all ages. Previous reviews have suggested that National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for trauma is not commensurate with its burden of disease, but a detailed analysis has been lacking. We postulated that NIH spending on trauma research was lower than previously thought and was distributed widely, preventing a comprehensive research strategy that could decrease trauma morbidity and mortality.

Sociological and Medical Factors Influence Outcomes in Facial Trauma Malpractice.

Purpose: Medical error in the United States carries substantial economic and safety costs, which manifest in a large number of malpractice suits filed each year. The aim of this study was to characterize the various sociologic and medical factors that influence malpractice suits occurring from cases of facial trauma.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study examined defendant data from facial trauma malpractice cases extracted from the Westlaw database, a database composed of representative federal litigations.