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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510024
Scott L Lee
Article Type: Perspective | First Published: September 01, 2016
Leaders often use the proverbial departed train to get people on board with unpopular changes, especially ones with little supporting evidence. Most hop on so as to not get left behind, but is the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) train heading in the right direction? In 2000, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) mandated all specialty affiliates to limit board certification (BC) to 10 years, rather than continue the lifetime certificate....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510023
Hanadi Fatani, Faraj Alotaiby and Saleh F Aldhahri
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 12, 2016
A 51-year-old female presented with 2 months' history of sore throat, change in voice, odynophagia, along with neck and thyroid nodule. CT/PET scan showed thickening of epiglottis with enhancement after intravenous contrast. Laser resection of epiglottis was done and histopathology revealed moderately differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. A week later patient underwent total thyroidectomy with bilateral modified radical neck dissection. Adjuvant external beam radiotherapy to the larynx and ne...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510022
HPV Associated Head and Neck Cancer
Guler Yavas and Cagdas Yavas
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: July 12, 2016
Human papillomavirus (HPV) - associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is an entity with unique clinical and molecular characteristics, which mainly arises from the palatine tonsils and base of the tongue. Nowadays, oropharyngeal cancers are increasing in incidence despite declining prevalence of smoking and in direct opposition to a decreasing incidence of all other HNSCC. An epidemic of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers seems to account for these incidence trends....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510021
Randolph B Capone, Michael M Kim and Dane J Genther
Article Type: Clinical Study | First Published: June 02, 2016
Background: Revision nasal valve reconstruction is one of the few treatment options available for patients with persistent nasal valve dysfunction after primary functional rhinoplasty. Revision nasal surgery is challenging, hampered by the presence of scar tissue, incorporated grafts, and the morbidity of obtaining additional autologous cartilage. Objective: In order to enhance nasal valve function while avoiding revision nasal surgery, a sublabial technique was developed to increase the project...
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