The Laryngoscope
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Examine the effect of postoperative steroids on postoperative physician contacts and determine the hemorrhage rate for patients taking postoperative steroids. ⋯ 4. Laryngoscope, 128:2187-2192, 2018.
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Review
The fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized trials in head and neck surgery.
The Fragility Index (FI) is a novel tool for evaluating the robustness of statistically significant findings in a randomized control trial (RCT). It measures the number of events upon which statistical significance depends. We sought to calculate the FI scores for RCTs in the head and neck cancer literature where surgery was a primary intervention. ⋯ Randomized trials in the head and neck cancer literature where surgery is a primary modality are relatively nonrobust statistically with low FI scores. Laryngoscope, 128:2094-2100, 2018.
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To demonstrate the long-term benefits of implantation in patients with high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss, this report provides 5-year follow-up on a group of implant recipients who were subjects of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Hybrid™ L24 Implant System pivotal clinical study. ⋯ 2b. Laryngoscope, 1939-1945, 2018.
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In 2016, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for curriculum and resident experiences were modified to require entering postgraduate year (PGY)-1 residents to spend 6 months of structured education on otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ORL-HNS) rotations. We aimed to determine how ORL-HNS training programs have adapted curricula in response to 2016 ACGME curriculum requirement changes. ⋯ NA Laryngoscope, 1811-1816, 2018.
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To assess the feasibility of jet ventilation in obese patients and to compare complications of jet ventilation in obese and nonobese patients. ⋯ 4. Laryngoscope, 1887-1892, 2018.