No More Surgery for Airway Hemangioma?
Sancak Yuksel, MD Associate Professor Two years ago a group of French physicians, Leaute-Labreze et al. reported their spectacular results in treating infantile hemangiomas with oral propranolol, an antihypertensive drug. This very recent and serendipitous discovery seems to change…
Finding the Unknown Primary in Head & Neck Cancer
In mid-summer 2010, 46-year-old Houstonian Paul Wyett found a found a small lump on his neck that he thought was an ingrown hair. “It swelled up and then went away but never completely disappeared,” he says. His primary care physician…
A Role for Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound in the Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Ron J. Karni, MD Associate Professor & Chief In patients who are referred for surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism, a successful outcome may be defined as identification and removal of the adenoma with a commensurate drop in post-operative PTH…
A Meta-Analysis of Topical Amphotericin B for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…
Cytokine Profile Comparison Between Inflamed Sinus Mucosa and Sinonasal Polyps from Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…
The Distribution of Normal Saline Delivered by Large-Particle Nasal Nebulizer versus Large-Volume/Low-Pressure Squeeze Bottle
Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…
Averting the “Limping Larynx” with a Multidisciplinary Approach
Otolaryngologist Ronda Alexander, MD, looks to orthopedic surgery as an analogy to explain the treatment of voice disorders. “After a knee replacement or an ACL repair, the surgeon prescribes physical therapy to teach patients how to use the joint safely…
Repair of Nasal Obstruction with Functional Septorhinoplasty
For nearly 20 years, 45-year-old Susan Haase lived her life exhausted. “I couldn’t understand why I was so tired,” Haase says. “At first I thought it was a normal part of aging but I was only in my early 30s…
Allergy Update
Amber Luong, MD, PhD Associate Professor This past spring represented one of the worst allergy seasons in Houston. The unusually long cold season delayed some trees from blooming and consequently led to an usually high peak in the number…
Definitive Endoscopic Resection of Inverted Papilloma
Randy Richards underwent surgery in 2008 for removal of a nasal polyp and repair of a deviated septum. During the procedure, his ENT discovered that what he had originally thought was an inflammatory polyp was actually an inverted papilloma (IP)….