TORS-L: Transoral Robotic Surgery with CO2 Laser Offers Greater Precision for Surgeons and De-intensification of Adjuvant Therapies for Patients
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has recently emerged as an alternative to comprehensive chemoradiation in the treatment of mucosal aerodigestive tract malignancies. In a presentation made last fall to the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, otolaryngologist Ron J. Karni,…
Reevaluating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Aggressive Treatment May Extend Life and Improve Its Quality
Anaplastic thyroid cancer is a diagnosis no physician wants to deliver. Although the extremely aggressive malignancy is known among otolaryngologists as resistant to all treatments, specialists at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center can now offer a measure of hope for patients…
UTHealth Audiology Offers Widex Zen Therapy for Tinnitus Management
Tinnitus can’t be cured, but patients with the condition can reduce its impact on their lives through device-driven habituation therapy. A new rehabilitation program at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and UTHealth Audiology provides comprehensive evaluation of the disorder and an…
MicroSeismic, Inc. Gives Pediatric Patients the Gift of Hearing
A $50,000 gift from MicroSeismic, Inc. will help the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital provide hearing aids to underprivileged pediatric patients in the greater Houston area. “The medical cost of hearing aids starts…
In Memoriam: Robert Jahrsdoerfer, MD
Dr. Robert Jahrsdoerfer, the first chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and professor emeritus at UTHealth Medical School, passed away at his home in Virginia on March 17, 2014. Dr. Jahrsdoerfer joined the medical school in 1982…
Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implants in an Infant After Meningitis
In April 2010, eight-month-old Antonio Campos contracted bacterial meningitis that led to a two-week stay at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. After a pre-discharge vision and hearing test, his mother Giovana Blas was told that the…
Laryngotracheal Reconstruction Using Anterior Cricoid Suspension in a Three Year Old
When Cameron Chan was delivered at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital on June 16, 2009, he was – at 24 weeks gestation – the youngest baby born to date at the hospital. “He was struggling,” recalls his mother Mandy Chan….
Single-Incision Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Board-certified otorhinolaryngologist Ron Karni, MD, was the third ENT whom Rosemary Sauceda saw after routine blood work performed by her oncologist revealed hypercalcemia. A former renal cell carcinoma patient, Sauceda was concerned that her cancer had metastasized. When her oncologist…
Advanced Technology and a Strong Focus on Convenience Improve the Patient Experience
Located on the 27th floor of the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, the UTHealth Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery offers patients an outstanding view that overlooks Rice University, Hermann Park and the Houston skyline. With the addition of new technology…
Multidisciplinary Virtual Pre-surgical Planning Optimizes the Outcome for an Ameloblastoma Patient
By the time 27-year-old Reginald Durden saw oral and maxillofacial surgeon Nagi Demian, DDS, MD, the ameloblastoma had destroyed his lower jaw. Three surgeries later, Durden has a normal appearance, with scars that are barely visible, and he can talk…