OBJECTIVE To determine the role of antireflux surgery in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux-induced otolaryngologic disease (GEROD). DESIGN A retrospective medical record analysis was performed. Patient demographics, otolaryngologic disease secondary to gastroesophageal reflux (GER), method of GER diagnosis, medical treatment used before antireflux surgery, and response to surgical inte...

According to Article 196 of the Brazilian Constitution “Health is a right of all citizens and a duty of the State”. The constitution is supplemented by the organic Act 8080, dated from 1990, which sets the guidelines for the Brazilian universal health service, SUS (in Portuguese Sistema Único de Saúde), ensuring universal access to health services. In spite of the legislation’s theoretical exce...

John Higham the historiographer would have approved of the forum in this issue on Higham the historian of ethnicity and nativism. As Alan Kraut recounts, Higham persistently applied his own critical and historiographic skills to himself. While he would have disagreed with this or that point in the four essays and the forum comment, he would have been pleased by the forum’s dual agenda. The essa...

Topical hemostatic agents are largely used to reduce blood loss during otolaryngologic surgery. These agents play an important role in both keeping the patient’s hemodynamic equilibrium and allowing for a better view of the surgical field. These agents can be classified based on their mechanism of action, and include physical or mechanical agents. Most complications of topical hemostatic agents...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The current trends in geriatric voice referrals including the number of patients over the age of 65 years seen per year, the common diagnostic patterns, and specifically the number of patients with vocal atrophy were assessed. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS A retrospective chart review of all patients seen at the Emory Voice Center for otolaryngologic...