Objective Nasal packing is routinely applied after septoplasty. Patients, however, report feeling very uncomfortable while the packing is in place. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nasal septum suture combined with inferior turbinate coblation to the effects of nasal packing after septoplasty. Methods In this study, 135 patients undergoing septoplasty were divided into 3 gr...

INTRODUCTION External dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) has been the gold standard for treatment of epiphora. Currently several endoscopic DCR techniques are described. We evaluated results of endonasal DCR in our institution. METHODS A retrospective chart review of a consecutive series of DCR procedures. Patients were subjected to a questionnaire a minimum of 6 months postoperatively to assess lon...

OBJECTIVE We sought to reintroduce a historical procedure-intracapsular tonsillar reduction (partial tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy)-for tonsillar hypertrophy causing obstructive sleep disordered breathing (OSDB) in children, as well as to determine whether partial tonsillectomy, compared with conventional (total) tonsillectomy when performed by more than one surgeon, is equally effective for th...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The microdebrider is a surgical tool which has been used successfully in many endoscopic surgical procedures in otolaryngology. In this study, we analysed our experience using this powered instrument in the resection of obstructive nasal septum deviations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a longitudinal, prospective, descriptive study conducted between January and Jun...

A 40-year-old man presented with left-side nasal obstruction for the past nine months. He had been treated for allergic rhinitis with nasal steroids for a long time. An anterior rhinoscopic examination was normal. Endoscopic examination revealed a nodulary mass in the nasopharynx, partially obstructing the left choana (Figure 1A). An endoscopic examination of the right nasopharynx revealed regu...

BACKGROUND Recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis is caused by the human papilloma virus and characterized by multiple exophytic lesions of the vocal tract; it is a benign disease, but one that tends to recur after removal of growths. Due to the nature of the disease, alternative treatment strategies have focused on antiviral injection at lesion sites that eliminate repeated surgical procedures. Th...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Juvenile nasal angiogibroma (JNA) is a relatively rare, benign neoplasm generally seen in prepubertal and adolescent males. In the past, surgical management included lateral rhinotomy, transpalatal and transmaxillary routes, and midface degloving approaches. Endoscopic approaches have become the treatment of choice, especially for tumors limited by size and location criter...

OBJECTIVES (1) To assess the safety and efficacy of outpatient intracapsular tonsillectomy, which has been recently described as a less invasive means of treating obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy, in children younger than 3 years; and (2) to challenge the standard dictum that children younger than 3 years should be admitted to the hospital after tonsil and adenoid surgery. DESIGN Retrospecti...

OBJECTIVE To compare the postoperative complications of intracapsular tonsillectomy using a microdebrider with traditional electrodissection tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric referral center. PATIENTS The medical records of 2944 patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy at our institution between January 1, 2002, and Ma...