Case studies in corporate compliance: putting the rubber to the road.

An interdisciplinary, proactive perspective allows providers to engage in productive, long-term collaborative relationships with corporations, while 1) maintaining patient care improvements; 2) maintaining legality; 3) enhancing technical and clinical innovation; and 4) providing fair compensation for work done. The case study approach is used to demonstrate an effective approach to compliant behavior.

Candidate's Thesis: Laryngotracheal separation in neurologically impaired children: long-term results.

Objectives: Fifty-six consecutive neurologically impaired pediatric children underwent laryngotracheal separation (LTS) for acute recurrent and chronic aspiration in the last 18 years. The population demographics, indications for surgery, and comorbidities are reviewed. This study reports early and late complications and survivorship including admissions for pneumonia/aspiration.

Anesthesia management of a patient with a laryngotracheo-esophageal cleft.

Laryngotracheo-esophageal cleft is a rare congenital anomaly that results from complete or partial failure of the development of the tracheoesophageal septum. The presenting symptoms include stridor, respiratory distress, and coughing or cyanotic episodes with feeding. There are four classifications for laryngeal clefts; the severity depends on the type present.

Safety and efficacy of powered intracapsular tonsillectomy in children: a multi-center retrospective case series.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of powered intracapsular tonsillectomy (PIT, e.g. regrowth rate) in children who underwent PIT at three different institutions.

Duration of patency of laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration.

Background: Laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration (LTMF) provides intermediate-duration middle ear ventilation, which benefits selected children with acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME).

Objective: To evaluate clinical and technical factors that may affect duration of LTMF patency.

Design: Prospective clinical cohort effectiveness trial.

Adenotonsillectomy in the morbidly obese child.

Objective: The prevalence of obesity in the pediatric population has risen more than 20% in 25 years. Accordingly, surgical procedures on obese children have become more common. Adenotonsillectomy (AT) remains among the most frequently performed pediatric surgical procedures in the United States.

Operation Bali assist.

Operation Bali Assist was the Australian Defence Force evacuation of injured Australians and other foreign nationals after the Bali terrorist bombing. This operation was the largest Australian aeromedical evacuation since the Vietnam War. It relied on military and civilian cooperation to move the critically injured initially from Denpasar to Darwin, and then on to specialist units around Australia.

The feasibility of office-based laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration with tympanostomy tube insertion: the duPont Hospital experience.

Objective: To determine the feasibility of inserting tympanostomy tubes in children using office-based laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration.

Methods And Materials: Study consisted of a retrospective review of the charts of all children who underwent office-based laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration with tympanostomy tube insertion from July 1, 1998 to August 31, 2000. Tetracaine eardrops were used for topical anesthesia.