Showing papers in "Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America in 2015"

TL;DR: Remote CI programming, totally implanted devices, improved neural health and survival through targeted drug therapy and delivery, intraneural electrode placement, electroacoustical stimulation and hybrid CIs, and methods to enhance the neural-prosthesis interface are evolving areas of innovation reviewed.

TL;DR: The advancement of high-throughput sequencing technology is facilitating rapid and low-cost diagnostics for patients with SHL, enabling a personalized approach to caring for the individual.

TL;DR: An overview of the contemporary management of vestibular schwannomas is provided, reviewing important considerations and common controversies.

TL;DR: Branchial cleft anomalies are a common cause of congenital neck masses and can present as a cyst, sinus, or fistula, and the eventual management of each is complete surgical excision, which is curative.

TL;DR: The ability to speak and communicate vocally is a unique human characteristic that is often taken for granted but is fundamental to many activities of daily living.

TL;DR: High-throughput sequencing techniques, also called next-generation sequencing (NGS) or massively parallel sequencing (MPS), may allow for routine definitive diagnosis of all possible genetic causes for hearing loss in the not-too-distant future.

TL;DR: Endolymphatic sac tumors (ELST) are slow-growing, locally aggressive, low-grade malignancies that originate from the epithelium of the endolymphatics duct and sac that often present with sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo.

TL;DR: A pediatric hearing evaluation is to identify the degree and type of hearing loss and etiology and to outline a comprehensive strategy that supports language and social development and communication.

TL;DR: The focus of this article is to review the modern management of jugular paraganglioma, highlighting the evolving treatment paradigm at the Otology Group of Vanderbilt.

TL;DR: A review of salivary gland neoplasms in children is presented in this paper, where the authors discuss malignant epithelial tumors in particular, and their prognosis is primarily determined by histopathologic findings.

TL;DR: Treatment consists of airway management if respiratory distress is present, and early surgical intervention, and postoperative follow-up is required to monitor for recurrence.

TL;DR: An in-depth review of the pathophysiology and surgical approaches is presented along with a summary of other petrous apex lesions and their imaging characteristics.

TL;DR: Care of patients with NF2 requires knowledge of all tumors and symptoms involved with the disorder, and it is recommended that patients receive care in a center with expertise in NF2.

TL;DR: This article is a guide for the diagnosis and management of vascular lesions of the head and neck.

TL;DR: The current state of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skulls base to both treat disease and reconstruct the skull base in pediatric patients is reviewed.

TL;DR: Although the preponderance of cerebellopontine angle lesions are schwannomas, focused attention to patient clinical history, imaging studies, and tissue biopsies when indicated will aid in detection of less common lesions that might otherwise be misdiagnosed.

TL;DR: Although surgical resection remains the best option for definitive treatment of these tumors, the diagnostic and management algorithms have evolved considerably with the introduction of high-resolution computed tomography, MRI, and genetic testing.

TL;DR: Chordoma and chondrosarcoma represent 2 fundamentally different and challenging central skull base pathologies and both are largely surgical diseases with varying outcomes based on completeness of resection.

TL;DR: Clinical auditory physiologic measures are used to characterize cochlear, eighth nerve, and brainstem function, and are needed to accurately identify this disorder.

TL;DR: This review addresses the preoperative and perioperative assessment and management of patients with prenatally diagnosed airway obstruction, indications and contraindications for the EXIT procedure, technical details of the procedure, and outcomes.

TL;DR: Local inflammation and the enzymatic interplay between tumor and host are important factors in the spread of laryngeal tumor.

TL;DR: Although a definitive cause of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss is being established, amplification and a comprehensive treatment strategy should be initiated to ensure that developmental, auditory, and speech and language delays are minimized.

TL;DR: The embryology, presentation, imaging, and treatment of the thyroglossal duct cyst will be reviewed, and Anatomic features and surgical technique to prevent complications and recurrence will be discussed.

TL;DR: Management of UHL in children should be guided by the child's development, performance in school, and personal/family values and preferences, and definitive evidence of benefit from amplification is currently lacking.

TL;DR: The most common causes of pediatric jaw masses are reviewed and diagnostic and therapeutic considerations and recommendations are discussed.

TL;DR: Addressing olfaction before endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery is important in order to set postoperative expectations, because an improvement in smell is difficult to predict.

TL;DR: The medical imaging workup of a neck mass in a child must be focused to yield the maximum information possible while minimizing the risks of radiation and sedation.

TL;DR: The pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of primary tumors of the facial nerve, including facial nerve schwannomas, geniculate ganglion hemangiomas, glomus facialis, and granular cell tumors, are described.

TL;DR: This article reviews radiographic abnormalities associated with sensorineural, mixed, and conductive hearing losses in children and offers guidance about the proper utilization of imaging studies.

TL;DR: The authors' institutional experience and the nearly 200 cases performed in Europe and the United States indicate that ABI surgery in children can be safe and effective.