Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.780. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: There is a trend towards nonintensive care unit (ICU) or specialty ward management of select patients. Here, we examine postoperative outcomes for patients transferred to a general ward following microvascular free flap (FF) reconstruction of the...

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.787. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: (1) To investigate the prevalence and severity of drooling among healthy young children referred for adenotonsillectomy; (2) to evaluate the effect of adenotonsillectomy on drooling.STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study.SETTING: Tertiary referral center.METHODS:...

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.783. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To investigate the audiological characteristics of vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients with normal pure-tone audiometry (PTA) results.STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study.SETTING: Forty-two VS patients with normal PTA results from October 2016 to October...

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.791. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to review patient demographics, indications, intraoperative findings, complications/adverse events, and audiological outcomes related to the implantation of the Osia 2 device.STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.SETTING:...

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.758. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have revolutionized medical image segmentation in recent years. This scoping review aimed to carry out a comprehensive review of the literature describing automated image segmentation of the middle ear using CNNs...

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 26. doi: 10.1002/ohn.786. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe history of nasal polyposis originates even before Hippocrates described a nasal mass that he likened to a sea polyp. References to sinonasal disease and treatment can be found in ancient texts, such as the Ebers Papyrus and the Edwin Smith Papyrus of Ancient...