Otolaryngology-Head and NecknSurgery
American Journal of Otolaryngology
Fetal central auditory system metabolic response to cochlear implant stimulation

Patrick J. Antonelli, MD, Kenneth J. Gerhardt, PhD, Robert M. Abrams, PhD, Xinyan Huang, MD, PhD
Gainesville, Florida, and Springfield, Illinois
Influence of lecithin on mitochondrial DNA and age-related hearing loss

Michael D. Seidman, MD, Mumtaz J. Khan, MD, Wen Xue Tang, MD, Wayne S. Quirk, PhD Bloomfield, Michigan
Evaluation of the internal auditory canal with virtual endoscopy

Jeffrey T. Vrabec, MD, Russell D. Briggs, MD, Sarah C. Rodriguez, MD, Raleigh F. Johnson, Jr, PhD
Houston and Galveston, Texas

Prognostic value of the blink reflex in acoustic neuroma surgery

Vincent Darrouzet, MD, Malcolm Hilton, MD, Darren Pinder, MD, Jio-Ling Wang, Jean Guerin, Jean-Pierre Bebear, MD
Bordeaux, France, Bristol, United Kingdom, and Shanghai, China
Sinus tympani endoscopic anatomy

Fatthi Abdel Baki, MD, Mohammed Badr El Dine, MD, Ibrahim El Saiid, MD, Moustafa Bakry, MD
Alexandria, Egypt

Laser therapy for refractory myringitis in children

Frank P. Fechner, MD, Michael J. Cunningham, MD, Roland D. Eavey, MD
Boston, Massachusetts
The role of soluble interleukin-4 receptor and interleukin-5 antibody in preventing late-phase allergy-induced eustachian tube dysfunction

Hoke W. Pollock, MSIV, Charles S. Ebert, MSIV, Marc G. Dubin, MD, David R. White, MD, Jiri Prazma, MD, PhD, Harold C. Pillsbury, III, MD
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The importance of glycerin-containing negative control tests in allergy research studies that use intradermal skin tests

David S. Hurst, MD, PhD, Bruce R. Gordon, MD, John H. Krouse, MD, PhD
Boston, Cambridge, and Hyannis, Massachusetts, and Detroit, Michigan
Community-based treatment of acute uncomplicated bacterial rhinosinusitis with gatifloxacin

Lawrence D. Sher, MD, Michael D. Poole, MD, PhD, Kristen Von Seggern, Matthew A. Wikler, MD, Susan C. Nicholson, MD, George A. Pankey, MD
Rolling Hills Estates, California, and Houston, Texas
Density of middle turbinate subepithelial mucous glands in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Sonya Malekzadeh, MD, Marc D. Hamburger, MD, Philip J. Whelan, MD, John F. Biedlingmaier, MD, FACS, James N. Baraniuk, MD
Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland
DNA microarrays in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery

Mark Eliot Whipple, MD, MS, Winston Patrick Kuo, DDS, MS
Seattle, Washington, and Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Free tissue transfer versus pedicled flap cost in head and neck cancer

Gerry F. Funk, MD, Lucy Hynds Karnell, PhD, Stacey Whitehead, MD, Arnold Paulino, MD, Joan Ricks, RN, Russell B. Smith, MD
Iowa City, Iowa
Unaided speech in tube-free tracheostomy: The supplementary sling procedure
عدم توانبخشی کلامی در تراکئوستومی های بدون لوله : روش تکمیلی

Isaac Eliachar, MD, Lee M. Akst, MD, Ron Eliashar, MD
Cleveland, Ohio, and Jerusalem, Israel

Patient outcome after surgical management of an accessory nerve injury

Christine B. Novak, PT, MS, Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
St Louis, Missouri
Long-term results of endoscopic stapling diverticulotomy for pharyngeal pouches

Vivek V. Raut, MS, DORL, DNB, FRCSI, FRCS (ORL-HNS), William J. Primrose, FRCSI
Belfast, United Kingdom
Temperature-controlled radiofrequency tongue base reduction for sleep-disordered breathing: Long-term outcomes

Kasey K. Li, MD, DDS, Nelson B. Powell, MD, Robert W. Riley, MD, DDS, Christian Guilleminault, MD
Stanford and Palo Alto, California

Transoral radiofrequency treatment of snoring

Jonas T. Johson, MD, Gabrielle L. Pollack, Robin L. Wagner, BS
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Atlanta, Georgia

Near synchronous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus external auditory canal abscesses in 2 pediatric siblings

Gregory M. Buchalter, MD, CDR
Phoenix, Arizona
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma of external auditory canal: Report of a case

Janghoon Chi, MD, Yin-Gyo Jung, MD, Young-Soo Rho, MD, Hyun-Joon Lim, MD
Seoul, Korea
Transfacial excision of brainstem plasmacytoma

Yadranko Ducic, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas
Renal carcinoma metastasis: An unusual cerebellopontine angle tumor

A. Panarese, FRCS, J. Turner, FRCPA, Paul A. Fagan, MD, FRACS, FRCS
Sydney, Australia
Sphincter pharyngoplasty for correction of stress velopharyngeal insufficiency

Ronald McVicar, DO, Joseph Edmonds, MD, Donald Kearns, MD
San Diego, California

Clinical Photographs
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasal septum
Todd A. Schneiderman, MD, Sairah I. Chaudhury, DMD
Atlanta, Georgia
This section is made possible through an educational grant from Medtronic Xomed.

Original Contributions
Comparison of Argon and CO2 laser stapedectomy in primary otosclerosis surgery

Craig A. Buchman, Michael J. Fucci, Joseph B. Roberson, Jr, Antonio de la Crus
Open rhinoplasty effectiveness of different tipplasty techniques to increase nasal tip projection

Sameer Ali Bafaqeeh
Hemangiopericytoma of the head and neck

Kathleen R. Billings, Yao S. Fu, Thomas C. Calcaterra, Joel A. Sercarz
Opioids and their proper use as analgesisics in the management of head and neck cancer patients

A. Reed Thompson
Case Reports
The challenge of esophagoscopy in infants with open safety pin in the esophagus: Report of two cases

John G. Bizakis, Emmanuel P. Prokopakis, Chariton E. Papadakis, Charalambos E. Skoulakis, George A. Velegrakis, Emmanuel S. Helidonis
Extracranial internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm

Sanjai Sood, Jake Timothy, Richard Anthony, David R. Strachan, John D. Fenwick, Paul Marks
Preoperative assessment of obstruction with computed tomography image analysis

Scott M. Graham, Geoffrey McLennan, Gerry F. Funk, Henry T. Hoffman, Timothy M. McCulloch, Janice Cook-Granroth, Eric A. Hoffman
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the lingual tonsil

Jivianne T. Lee, Ron Paquette, Joel A. Sercarz, Marilene B. Wang
Hodgkin's disease simulating a pediatric thyroglossal duct cyst

Garth M. Good, Glenn Isaacson
Submasseteric abcess: Report of two cases

Yi-Sing Leu, Jehn-Chuan Lee, Ke-Chang Chang