We report a case of upper parapharyngeal abscess arising from progression of a central skull base osteomyelitis, in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Our case is unusual for its presentation in an upper parapharyngeal location, involvement of the skull base, and poor response to medical treatment, hence requiring transnasal endoscopic...

Chimeric flaps and multiple flaps are two techniques used for reconstructing complex head and neck defects, but they have not been extensively compared. In this large-scale meta-analysis, both approaches showed equivalent flap survival, as well as similar outcomes in terms of diet and speech resumption, rates of fistulization, and general complications....

We describe the development and validation of a questionnaire for the assessment of quality of life in Meniere's disease, the MenQOL. The MenQOL is a simple, valid patient-reported outcome measure, which may be used to assess the effects of treatment on disease-specific quality of life in patients with Meniere's disease. Objective To design...

The purpose of this preliminary study was to establish normative values for the OMNI-Vocal Effort Scale (VES) in healthy adults. Two hundred and fifty-one participants were recruited. The majority of adults reported that producing conversational speech was within the 0–3 “easy” to “extremely” easy range and no differences between age and sex were...

In this retrospective cohort study of 477 patients undergoing evaluation for superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), the diagnostic incidence, or yield, of newly identified radiographic superior semicircular canal abnormalities and SCDS was 45.1% and 27.2%, respectively. Patients not diagnosed with SCDS alternatively received 21 unique diagnoses...

CSCS, though uncommon, presents distinct regional involvement along with pathognomonic clinical and pathological features. CSCS is marked by a pale skin streak extending superiorly from the orifice—a diagnostic “skin streak sign.” Complete surgical excision constitutes an effective treatment modality for CSCS. Objectives We encountered patients...