Pediatric Cholesteatoma Follow-Up: Residual and Recurrence in 239 Cases with Over 5-Year Hindsight.

Introduction: Pediatric cholesteatoma is an aggressive disease which requires long-term evaluation to assess management strategies. The objective was to determine optimal follow-up duration in pediatric cholesteatoma to detect residual and recurrent diseases.

Methods: This cohort study was set in a tertiary referral center.

[Neonatal hearing screening].

Neonatal hearing screening has been developped in a large number of countries. The rational to build such nationwide programs is robust. The prevalence of hearing impairment of various etiologies is high (1/1,000), diagnosis of hearing impairment in infants is uneasy and is made most of the time after the age of 18 months when treatment is less efficient and, last, appropriate test to screen for hearing impairment are available: Otoacoustic Emission and Auditory Evoked Potential.

International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) survey: Efforts to avoid complications in home tracheostomy care.

Objective: To provide guidance for home care tracheostomy management in the pediatric population. The mission of the IPOG is to develop expertise-based recommendations for the management of pediatric otolaryngologic disorders with the goal of improving patient care.

Methods: Survey of expert opinion by the members of the International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG).

Malformations Associated With Pediatric Congenital Cholesteatomas.

Objective: To describe malformations associated with pediatric congenital cholesteatomas of the middle ear.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Outcome measures for pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction: International consensus statement.

Objectives: Develop multidisciplinary and international consensus on patient, disease, procedural, and perioperative factors, as well as key outcome measures and complications, to be reported for pediatric airway reconstruction studies.

Methods: Standard Delphi methods were applied. Participants proposed items in three categories: 1) patient/disease characteristics, 2) procedural/intraoperative/perioperative factors, and 3) outcome measures and complications.

Endonasal measurements by acoustic rhinometry in children: A preliminary study.

Unlabelled: The acoustic reflection method (ARM) is a non-invasive technique which uses the reflection of acoustic waves to measure the cross sectional area of nasal cavities in adults and patency of endotracheal tubes. Characteristics and volume of normal nasal cavities in pre-school children has so far not been studied.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the optimal ARM recording and the minimal cross-sectional area (MCA) and volume (NV) values in healthy children.

Velopharyngeal insufficiency managed by autologous fat grafting in patients with aberrant courses of internal carotid arteries.

Introduction: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is usually managed, besides speech therapy, by performing a velopharyngoplasty. An alternative approach is autologous fat grafting (AFG) of the posterior pharyngeal wall. About 5% of the population has internal carotid arteries (ICA) with an aberrant course.

Otogenic Temporomandibular Arthritis in Children.

Importance: Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (SATMJ) is a very rare but potentially severe complication of pediatric middle ear infections because it presents risks of TMJ ankylosis.

Objective: To describe the clinical, radiological, biological, and microbiological characteristics and evolution of SATMJ complicating middle ear infections (otogenic SATMJ) in children.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This multicenter retrospective study included all children younger than 18 years referred between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2015, for otogenic SATMJ or for TMJ ankylosis that occurred a few months to a few years after an acute mastoiditis.

International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) consensus recommendations: Routine peri-operative pediatric tracheotomy care.

Objectives: To develop consensus recommendations for peri-operative tracheotomy care in pediatric patients.

Methods: Expert opinion by the members of the International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG). The mission of the IPOG is to develop expertise-based consensus recommendations for the management of pediatric otolaryngologic disorders with the goal of improving patient care.

International Pediatric ORL Group (IPOG) laryngomalacia consensus recommendations.

Objective: To provide recommendations for the comprehensive management of young infants who present with signs or symptoms concerning for laryngomalacia.

Methods: Expert opinion by the members of the International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG).

Results: Consensus recommendations include initial care and triage recommendations for health care providers who commonly evaluate young infants with noisy breathing.

A case of mild CHARGE syndrome associated with a splice site mutation in CHD7.

CHARGE syndrome (MIM#214800) (Coloboma, Heart defect, Atresia of choanae, Retarded growth and development, Genital hypoplasia, Ear abnormalities/deafness) is caused by heterozygous mutation of CHD7 transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner. In this report, we describe a patient with bilateral hearing impairment, unusually-shaped ears, no intellectual disability and a patent ductus arteriosus. Further investigation showed abnormal semicircular canals and the presence of olfactory bulbs.

Pediatric cochlear implantation in residual hearing candidates.

Objectives: To propose categories for the various types of residual hearing in children and to review the outcomes of cochlear implantation (CI) in children with these different hearing conditions.

Methods: We identified 53 children with residual hearing who had received a cochlear implant. Five groups were arbitrarily defined based on auditory features: G1, characterized by low-frequency residual hearing (n=5); G2, characterized by severe sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and low speech discrimination (n=12); G3, characterized by asymmetric SNHL (n=9); G4, characterized by progressive SNHL (n=15); and G5, characterized by fluctuating SNHL (n=12).

Idiopathic bilateral vocal cord paralysis in infants: Case series and literature review.

Objectives/hypothesis: Vocal fold paralysis is the second most common congenital laryngeal anomaly in newborns. Bilateral paralysis is a severe condition and often remains of unknown etiology. We report our experience of congenital idiopathic bilateral vocal fold paralysis in newborns and infants, and discuss the therapeutic options.

European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum consensus statement.

This is a consensus statement on pediatric cochlear implantation by the European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum. The consensus statement was determined by review of current scientific literature to identify areas of scientific and clinical agreement of current understanding of bilateral cochlear implantation. The statement is "Currently we feel that the infant or child with unambiguous cochlear implant candidacy should receive bilateral cochlear implants simultaneously as soon as possible after definitive diagnosis of deafness to permit optimal auditory development; an atraumatic surgical technique designed to preserve cochlear function, minimize cochlear damage, and allow easy, possibly repeated re-implantation is recommended.

Screening to detect permanent childhood hearing impairment in neonates transferred from the newborn nursery.

Objectives: The focus of this report is hearing screening of newborns transferred from the regular nursery to a specialized area. The purpose of the study undertaken was: (1) to determine whether screening coverage in this population was achieved; (2) to establish whether the linkage between neonatal screening and the diagnostic follow-up was carried out correctly; (3) to better determine the incidence of permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) in this at-risk population.

Methods: Six population centres averaging 12,000 births annually participated (Bordeaux, Lille, Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Lyon).

Surgical management of cervical ganglioneuromas in children.

Objective: To review the experience with ganglioneuromas in the head and neck of children including presentation, diagnostic testing, treatments, and outcomes.

Design: Case series. Retrospective chart review.

Cidofovir plasma assays after local injection in respiratory papillomatosis.

Objective: To assess cidofovir plasma concentration after intralesional airway administration for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital.