Journal Reviews archive for November 2022

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Can diet alone be used to treat laryngopharyngeal reflux?

3 November 2022 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Reflux, acid, beverage, diet, food, gastroesophageal, laryngopharyngeal, low-fat, natural, plant, protein, treatment

In this crossover observational study, a low-fat, low-quick-release sugar, high-protein, alkaline, and plant-based diet was investigated as a single treatment for laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). Authors recruited 50 participants with demonstrated LPR on hypopharyngeal-oesophageal multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH-monitoring (HEMII-pH), off acid suppressive...

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery journal cover image.

Impact of COVID-19 on ear surgeries

3 November 2022 | | Neurotology, Otology, COVID-19 | Humans, COVID-19, Pandemics, Mastoidectomy, Ear, Middle, Cadaver, Virion, Otolaryngology, Mucous Membrane, SARS-CoV-2, Endoscopy

The authors review the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the practice of ear surgeries in this article. The pandemic has changed how we practise medicine and introduced new guidelines to ensure safety of healthcare personnel. Studies have demonstrated COVID-19...

Otolaryngology Clinics of North America journal cover image.

How to manage the cheek in gender affirming surgery

3 November 2022 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Alloplastic cheek implants, Augmentation, Cheek, Fat grafting, Gender-affirming facial surgery

This publication discusses cheek augmentation surgery related to gender-affirming facial surgery. The publication describes the difference between the common male cheek anatomy and the desired ideal feminine appearance and how to achieve it. In the author’s experience, gender-affirming surgery patients...

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery journal cover image.

Global incidence of sporadic vestibular schwannoma

3 November 2022 | | Skull Base Surgery | acoustic neuroma, epidemiology, incidence, population-based studies, prevalence, review, sporadic, unilateral, vestibular schwannoma

The incidence rate of sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) has commonly been quoted as one in 100,000. However, since the advent of screening for asymmetrical hearing loss and increased availability of modern MRI scanning, more recent studies have shown the incidence...

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