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  1. Unplanned returns to hospital are common, costly, and potentially avoidable. We aimed to investigate and characterize reasons for all-cause readmissions to hospital as in-patients (IPs) and visits to the Emerg...

    Authors: Vincent Wu and Stephen F. Hall
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:36
  2. Cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction (CPMD) is a common cause of dysphagia. We employ a progressive series of three double-balloon dilations separated by 4–6 weeks between procedures as a primary treatment optio...

    Authors: Derrick R. Randall, Lisa M. Evangelista, Maggie A. Kuhn and Peter C. Belafsky
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:35
  3. Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard in medical and surgical research to assess the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. The reporting of these trials should be of high quality to allow readers...

    Authors: Yu Qing Huang, Katsiaryna Traore, Badr Ibrahim, Maida J. Sewitch and Lily H. P. Nguyen
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:34
  4. Internal derangement is the clinical and pathological condition of disc displacement of the temporomandibular joint. Management of these cases involve conservative and surgical treatment options. Minimally inv...

    Authors: Candan Efeoglu, Aylin Sipahi Calis, Huseyin Koca and Esra Yuksel
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:33
  5. HPV-associated OSCC (HPV-OSCC) has been determined to be a distinct disease entity from non-HPV associated OSCC. Patients affected by HPV-OSCC generally have a more favourable prognosis, with improved rates of...

    Authors: David Forner, Derek Wilke, Matthew H. Rigby, Sidney Croul, Anuradha Mishra, Emad Massoud, David B. Clarke and Nathan Lamond
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:32
  6. Operative endoscopy and flexible fiber-optic in-office tissue biopsy are common techniques to assess suspicious laryngopharyngeal lesions.

    Authors: Francisco Lee, Kristine A. Smith, Shamir Chandarana, T. Wayne Matthews, J. Douglas Bosch, Steven C. Nakoneshny and Joseph C. Dort
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:31
  7. Flexible nasolaryngoscopy is an essential component of the otolaryngological physical exam. Historically, the ability to create and share video recordings of these endoscopic exams has been limited by poor mob...

    Authors: A. E. Quimby, S. Kohlert, L. Caulley and M. Bromwich
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:30
  8. Our study quantifies the effectiveness of perioperative pain control in a cohort of patients undergoing major head and neck surgery with free flap reconstruction. Our long-term goal is to improve pain control ...

    Authors: Ashley Hinther, Steven C. Nakoneshny, Shamir P. Chandarana, T. Wayne Matthews and Joseph C. Dort
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:29
  9. Management of locoregional recurrence (LRR) and distant metastasis (DM) in adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is guided by limited data. We investigated mortality risks in patients diagnosed and treated for recurr...

    Authors: Melody J. Xu, Tara J. Wu, Annemieke van Zante, Ivan H. El-Sayed, Alain P. Algazi, William R. Ryan, Patrick K. Ha and Sue S. Yom
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:28
  10. Defects following resection of tumors in the head and neck region are complex; more detailed and defect-specific reconstruction would likely result in better functional and cosmetic outcomes. The objectives of...

    Authors: Sherif Idris, Alex M. Mlynarek, Khalid Ansari, Jeffrey R. Harris, Nabil Rizk, David Cote, Daniel A. O’Connell, Heather Allen, Peter Dziegielewski and Hadi Seikaly
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:27
  11. Distally impacted chronic tracheobronchial sharp foreign bodies in children are a management challenge that presents with clinical subtlety and extreme variability. The use of image guided techniques, imaginat...

    Authors: Sherif Idris, Russell A. Murphy, Manisha Witmans and Hamdy El-Hakim
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:26
  12. This is the first case to our knowledge of a serious adverse event following the Epley maneuver, which is the treatment of choice for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), the most common vestibular dis...

    Authors: Paige Moore, Trung Le, Brian Blakley, Jason Beiko and Eric Meen
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:25
  13. Inverted papillomas (IPs) are benign neoplasms, most commonly arising from the mucosal lining of the maxillary sinus. IPs can have single or multifocal sites of attachment. Although pedicle location is an impo...

    Authors: Vincent Wu, Jennifer Siu, Jonathan Yip and John M. Lee
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:24
  14. The advent of chip tip technology combined with advanced endoscopy has revolutionized the field of laryngology in the past decade. Procedures such as transnasal esophagoscopy, site-specific steroid injections,...

    Authors: Yael Bensoussan and Jennifer Anderson
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:23
  15. Patients who have undergone treatment for head and neck cancer are at risk for neck lymphedema, which can severely affect quality of life. Liposuction has been used successfully in cancer patients who suffer f...

    Authors: Uthman Alamoudi, Benjamin Taylor, Colin MacKay, Matthew H. Rigby, Robert Hart, Jonathan R. B. Trites and S. Mark Taylor
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:22
  16. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) universal surgical risk calculator is an online tool intended to improve the informed consent process and surgical dec...

    Authors: Peter S. Vosler, Mario Orsini, Danny J. Enepekides and Kevin M. Higgins
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:21
  17. Recent studies have examined the effects of brief electrical stimulation (BES) on nerve regeneration, with some suggesting that BES accelerates facial nerve recovery. However, the facial nerve outcome measurem...

    Authors: Adrian Mendez, Alex Hopkins, Vincent L. Biron, Hadi Seikaly, Lin Fu Zhu and David W. J. Côté
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:20
  18. For early stage supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), single modality treatment either in the form of primary organ preservation surgery alone or radiation alone is recommended. Thus, a definite treatmen...

    Authors: Krupal B. Patel, Anthony C. Nichols, Kevin Fung, John Yoo and S. Danielle MacNeil
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:19
  19. Total ossicular replacement prostheses (TORP) are often used to re-establish ossicular coupling of sound in an ear lacking a stapes supra-structure. The use of TORPs, however, is associated with a 2/3 five yea...

    Authors: Margaret Aron, Thomas G. Landry and Manohar Bance
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:17
  20. Piriform sinus fistulas occur due to developmental abnormalities of the third and fourth branchial arches, and almost always occur unilaterally. They generally present as recurrent abscesses in the anterior-in...

    Authors: Deanna Lammers, Ross Campbell, Jorge Davila and Johnna MacCormick
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:16
  21. Nasal valve collapse is a common cause of nasal obstruction in otolaryngology practice. Common examination methods, such as the Cottle Maneuver and modified Cottle Maneuver are available. However, these method...

    Authors: Hedyeh Ziai and James P. Bonaparte
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:15
  22. The laryngeal framework provides a natural barrier preventing tumour spread to extralaryngeal structures. Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) may violate these bounda...

    Authors: P. Horwich, M. H. Rigby, C. MacKay, J. Melong, B. Williams, M. Bullock, R. Hart, J. Trites and S. M. Taylor
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:14
  23. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in tumorigenesis. Vocal cord leukoplakia is a precancerous lesion in otolaryngological practice. Till now, the expression patterns and functions of lncRNAs...

    Authors: Jianhua Peng, He Li, Jun Chen, Xianming Wu, Tao Jiang and Xiaoyun Chen
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:13
  24. Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignancy of the head and neck. Cavernous sinus invasion from sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma and its related management have rarely been investigated. This stu...

    Authors: Yi-Chan Lee, Ta-Jen Lee, Ngan-Ming Tsang, Yenlin Huang, Cheng-Lung Hsu, Li-Jen Hsin, Yi-Hsuan Lee and Kai-Ping Chang
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:12
  25. The probability that a patient will need an MRI scan at least once in a lifetime is high. However, MRI scanning in cochlear implantees is associated with side effects. Moreover, MRI scan-related artifacts, dis...

    Authors: Ingo Todt, Grit Rademacher, Gloria Grupe, Andreas Stratmann, Arne Ernst, Sven Mutze and Philipp Mittmann
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:11
  26. Our study analyzes the effect of magnesium supplementation on nephrotoxicity in patients receiving cisplatin for head and neck cancer.

    Authors: Takahiro Kimura, Taijiro Ozawa, Nobuhiro Hanai, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Hidenori Suzuki, Hiroshi Hosoi and Yasuhisa Hasegawa
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:10
  27. Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a rare auto-inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of recurrent urticaria, deafness and amyloidosis. Progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is reported to occu...

    Authors: Cinzia Marchica, Faisal Zawawi, Dania Basodan, Rosie Scuccimarri and Sam J. Daniel
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:9
  28. HPV-related head and neck cancer rates have been increasing in recent years, with the tonsils being the most commonly affected site. However, the current rate of HPV infection in the pediatric population remai...

    Authors: Monika Wojtera, Josee Paradis, Murad Husein, Anthony C. Nichols, John W. Barrett, Marina I. Salvadori and Julie E. Strychowsky
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:8
  29. Shoulder dysfunction is common after neck dissection for head and neck cancer (HNC). Brief electrical stimulation (BES) is a novel technique that has been shown to enhance neuronal regeneration after nerve inj...

    Authors: Brittany Barber, Hadi Seikaly, K. Ming Chan, Rhys Beaudry, Shannon Rychlik, Jaret Olson, Matthew Curran, Peter Dziegielewski, Vincent Biron, Jeffrey Harris, Margaret McNeely and Daniel O’Connell
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:7
  30. Hyperthyroidism is associated with high incidence of thyroid carcinoma; furthermore, tumors arisen in hyperthyroid tissue show an aggressive behavior. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Thyroid-stimulating ...

    Authors: Fabio Medas, Ernico Erdas, Gian Luigi Canu, Alessandro Longheu, Giuseppe Pisano, Massimiliano Tuveri and Pietro Giorgio Calò
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:6
  31. There has been renewed interest in the cochlear duct length (CDL) for preoperative cochlear implant electrode selection and postoperative generation of patient-specific frequency maps. The CDL can be estimated...

    Authors: John E. Iyaniwura, Mai Elfarnawany, Hanif M. Ladak and Sumit K. Agrawal
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:5
  32. The purpose of this study was to examine the possible prognostics and clinicopathologic characteristics underlying the BRAFV600E mutation and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) coexisting or in absence of chron...

    Authors: Woon Won Kim, Tae Kwun Ha and Sung Kwon Bae
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:4
  33. Epistaxis is the most common emergent consultation to otolaryngology-head & neck surgery (OHNS) and with 60% of the population having experienced an episode and 1.6 in 10,000 requiring hospitalization in their...

    Authors: Scott Murray, Adrian Mendez, Alexander Hopkins, Hamdy El-Hakim, Caroline C. Jeffery and David W. J. Côté
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:3
  34. Choosing Wisely Canada, is a campaign designed to raise awareness regarding inappropriate or unnecessary tests and treatments. The Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and the Canadian Asso...

    Authors: Antoine Eskander, Eric Monteiro, Dan O’Connell and S. Mark Taylor
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2018 47:2
  35. Otologic diseases are common and associated with significant health care costs. While accurate diagnosis relies on physical exam, existing studies have highlighted a lack of comfort among trainees with regards...

    Authors: Peng You, Saad Chahine and Murad Husein
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:68
  36. Our aim was to review our management of inverted papilloma (IP), perform a recurrence analysis, and review the literature.

    Authors: Oisín Bugter, Dominiek André Monserez, Floris Vincent Willem Joseph van Zijl, Robert Jan Baatenburg de Jong and Jose Angelito Hardillo
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:67
  37. Characterization of the blood labyrinth barrier (BLB) is extremely important to determine whether the BLB can be manipulated pharmacologically. However, experiments to investigate the BLB are technically diffi...

    Authors: Trung N. Le and Brian W. Blakley
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:66
  38. The diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) based on clinical presentation alone remains challenging. To improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis, the Canadian Rhinosinusitis Guidelines recommend the use o...

    Authors: Paige Moore, Brian Blakley and Eric Meen
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:65
  39. Recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis without polyposis (CRSsP) is a challenging condition to manage as traditional medical therapies and surgery fail to provide satisfactory clinical improvements. Colloidal sil...

    Authors: John R. Scott, Rohin Krishnan, Brian W. Rotenberg and Leigh J Sowerby
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:64
  40. With an increasing proportion of the population living in cities, mass transportation has been rapidly expanding to facilitate the demand, yet there is a concern that mass transit has the potential to result i...

    Authors: Christopher M.K.L. Yao, Andrew K. Ma, Sharon L. Cushing and Vincent Y.W. Lin
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:62
  41. Chronic suppurative otitis media can be recalcitrant and difficult to treat, particularly with the increasing occurrence of antibiotic resistance. Lactobacillus plantarum is a probiotic that has been shown to dec...

    Authors: Carol Nhan, Aren Bezdjian, Shyamali Saha, Satya Prakash, Lily H. P. Nguyen and Sam J. Daniel
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:63
  42. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has recently been implicated as a causative agent in a rapidly growing number of oropharyngeal cancers. Emerging literature supports the hypothesis that HPV vaccination may protect a...

    Authors: Scott Anderson, Andre Isaac, Caroline C. Jeffery, Joan L. Robinson, Daniela Migliarese Isaac, Christina Korownyk, Vincent L. Biron and Hadi Seikaly
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:61
  43. We describe a modification of the conventional subtotal parathyroidectomy operation where the parathyroid gland(s) remnant is repositioned with intact vascular supply to a plane superficial to the infrahyoid s...

    Authors: Tsu-Hui ( Hubert) Low and John Yoo
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:60
  44. Authors: Agnieszka Dzioba, Daniel Aalto, Georgina Papadopoulos-Nydam, Hadi Seikaly, Jana Rieger, Johan Wolfaardt, Martin Osswald, Jeffrey R. Harris, Daniel A. O’Connell, Cathy Lazarus, Mark Urken, Ilya Likhterov, Raymond L. Chai, Erika Rauscher, Daniel Buchbinder, Devin Okay…
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:59

    The original article was published in Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:56

  45. Severe epistaxis is often difficult to control in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Propranolol has been shown to have antiangiogenic properties in vitro and in vivo and is commonly us...

    Authors: Meir Mei-Zahav, Hannah Blau, Elchanan Bruckheimer, Eyal Zur and Neta Goldschmidt
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:58
  46. This article describes a paradigm shift in what is considered to be good care for patients living with and after (head and neck) cancer. HNO patients often experience severe and difficult physical and psychoso...

    Authors: Chiquit van Linden van den Heuvell, Florence van Zuuren, Mary Wells, Geert van der Laan and Harry Reintsema
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:57
  47. While aggressive treatment for oral cancer may optimize survival, decrements in speech and swallowing function and quality of life often result. This exploratory study investigated how patients recover their c...

    Authors: Agnieszka Dzioba, Daniel Aalto, Georgina Papadopoulos-Nydam, Hadi Seikaly, Jana Rieger, Johan Wolfaardt, Martin Osswald, Jeffrey R. Harris, Daniel A. O’Connell, Cathy Lazarus, Mark Urken, Ilya Likhterov, Raymond L. Chai, Erika Rauscher, Daniel Buchbinder, Devin Okay…
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:56

    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:59

  48. The proportion of females enrolling into medical schools has been growing steadily. However, the representation of female residents among individual specialties has shown considerable variation. The purpose of...

    Authors: Sarah Chorfi, Joseph S. Schwartz, Neil Verma, Meredith Young, Lawrence Joseph and Lily H. P. Nguyen
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:55