Septoplasty is more costly but more effective than medical management for deviated septum
1. Immediate septoplasty is more costly but more clinically effective than medical management for deviated septum. 2. Over a 24-month ...
Tag: otolaryngology
Short-course personalized acoustic therapy may increase tinnitus remission in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
1. For adults with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and acute tinnitus, short-course inpatient personalized acoustic therapy may increase long-term ...
Endoscopic sinus surgery improves quality of life compared with clarithromycin and placebo in chronic rhinosinusitis
1. Patients in the endoscopic sinus surgery group reported lower SNOT-22 scores at 6 months, suggesting improved quality-of-life metrics. 2. ...
Sintilimab improves survival in advanced non-metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma
1. Patients in the sintilimab group reported a significantly greater event-free survival at 36 months compared to the standard therapy ...
Inflammatory tongue conditions associated with increased risk of oral tongue cancer
1. In this case-control study, those with tongue cancer were found to have ten-fold increases in rates of inflammatory tongue ...
Parathyroidectomy does not impact renal function in adults with primary hyperparathyroidism
1. In this target emulation trial, parathyroidectomy did not affect long-term renal function in adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). 2. ...
Hyperfractionated radiotherapy reduces complication rates compared to standard fractionation for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
1. Fewer patients in the hyperfractionation group reported grade 3 or worse late radiation-induced complications compared to the standard fractionation ...
#StudyGraphics: Gastric bypass surgery may reduce the risk of esophagogastric cancer in patients with obesity
Click to read this study in JAMA Surgery.
#StudyGraphics: Concomitant chemoradiotherapy improves survival in elderly adults with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Click to read this study in JAMA Network Open.
Medial retropharyngeal nodal region sparing radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
1. In this noninferiority trial, medial retropharyngeal lymph node (MRLN)-sparing radiotherapy was found to be noninferior with respect to local ...
