University of Cincinnati Medical Center is pleased to share with you ENT Insights, an educational resource with information on the cutting-edge research, clinical trials, training and innovative treatments that are advancing the field.
Cochlear Implants and SSCD Among Surgical Specialties Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is a condition that has been termed as such in medical literature for only 20 years. “It’s a radiographic diagnosis of a bone missing over part of the superior semicircular canal,” says Joseph Breen, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology‒head and neck surgery, University
Read more →“Promising” and “applicable to many procedures” are how David Hom, MD, FACS, describes the new methods that were taught at a joint Ethicon/University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UC Medical Center) “Soft Tissue Facial Plastic Surgery” course and lab in August 2016. According to Dr. Hom, who served as director of the program, the new methods
Read more →John Paul Giliberto, MD, calls his laryngology practice “a unique opportunity to improve the functions that make my patients human – restoring their voice so they can return to conversations with friends, improving their breathing so they play basketball with their children, or helping them swallow so they can enjoy a meal with their family.”
Read more →“Head and neck cancer patients are uniquely different from other cancer patients. Head and neck cancer creates dysfunctions that they cannot hide. It affects how you breathe, speak or eat. Having any kind of cancer makes people very vulnerable and isolated, and head and neck cancers exacerbate that vulnerability,” says Yash Patil, MD, associate professor
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Establishing quality improvement measures is the impetus for a clinical database for the Voice and Swallowing Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center. The national move to physician quality reporting systems (PQRS) requires establishment of outcome measures for physician and practice audits, as well as future incentive payments and penalties. According to Rebecca
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The middle cranial fossa (MCF) approach for operating on acoustic neuromas (ANs) is an excellent treatment option for patients who still have hearing and whose tumors are small- to medium-size (< 2 cm). “MCF has a low risk of intracranial complication, offers excellent facial nerve outcomes and is arguably the best surgical procedure to preserve
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