Rapid telehealth implementation into an otolaryngology practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: Report outcomes of rapid implementation of telehealth across an academic otolaryngology-head and neck surgery department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This is a retrospective, single-institution study of rapid deployment of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Characteristics of patients were compared between those who agreed and those who declined telehealth care.

Development and Assessment of an Otolaryngology-Specific Surgical Priority Scoring System.

Objective: To develop and assess an otolaryngology-specific surgical priority scoring system that incorporates varying levels of mucosal involvement.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Advanced pneumatic compression for treatment of lymphedema of the head and neck: a randomized wait-list controlled trial.

Purpose: Lymphedema associated with head and neck cancer (HNC) therapy causes adverse clinical outcomes. Standard treatment includes professionally administered complete decongestive therapy (CDT). Cost and availability of trained therapists are known barriers to therapy.

The prevalence of diabetes in a series of patients with subglottic stenosis.

Diabetes, which is present in 4 to 8% of adults in the United States, is a risk factor for surgical failure in laryngotracheal airway operations. We conducted a retrospective study to characterize a population of patients with subglottic stenosis-including the prevalence of diabetes, which has not been widely reported. We performed a retrospective chart review of 30 patients--22 women and 8 men, aged 17 to 77 years (mean: 47.

Perceptual voice analysis of patients with subglottic stenosis.

Objectives: To characterize the perceptual assessment of vocal quality in subglottic stenosis (SGS) patients and to identify risk factors for dysphonia.

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective review, academic center.

Methods: Perceptual voice assessment using GRBAS scale (Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Asthenia, Strain); patient characteristics determined for 31 SGS cases.

Association of airway abnormalities and risk factors in 37 subglottic stenosis patients.

Objectives: The study objective is to characterize the airway abnormalities in a series of patients with subglottic stenosis (SGS) as they relate to etiology and risk factors.

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective review, academic medical center. Airway characteristics, patient demographics, and suspected risk factors were recorded from a database of SGS cases from 2001 to 2004.

Mitomycin-c application in airway stenosis surgery: analysis of safety and costs.

Objective: This study describes a large series of patients receiving topical mitomycin-c (MMC) during airway surgery, including complications, and carries out a cost analysis for its use in laryngotracheal stenosis.

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective review, tertiary center. Airway patients receiving MMC are reviewed for demographics, stenosis characteristics, and MMC usage.

Maxillary osteoplastic flap technique for the treatment of pediatric pterygopalatine fossa neoplasms.

Pterygoid fossa neoplasms in children are rare. Management of these neoplasms has been challenging because of tumor vascularity, difficult surgical access and complex anatomy from which these tumors arise. Surgical approach depends upon tumor extension and ability to obtain adequate exposure for successful tumor excision.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator veli palatini muscle before and after primary palatoplasty.

Objective: To explore the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of patients with cleft palate before and after primary palatoplasty with particular attention focused on the levator veli palatini muscle.

Design: Prospective study using MRIs of subjects before and after primary cleft palate surgery.

Setting: Hospital and university based.

Laryngocele resection by combined external and endoscopic laser approach.

Options in the management of laryngoceles include observation, endoscopic resection, and resection via an external approach. We introduce a combined endoscopic and external approach that we have employed on several occasions to ensure complete removal of the laryngocele and the saccule from which it originated. A case is presented to help define the technique.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator veli palatini muscle during speech.

Objective: To obtain detailed anatomic information on the levator veli palatini (LVP) muscle from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Quantitative measures of the configuration of the LVP muscle at rest and during speech activities were obtained.

Design: Prospective study using MRI of adult subjects with normal velopharyngeal mechanisms to determine anatomic and physiologic parameters of the levator muscle.