http://www.enttoday.org Columns Section Rss http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/690071/Canal_Wall_Up_vs__Canal__Wall_Down_Symptom_of_a_greater_need.html This issue of ENT Today includes an article on the debate over canal-wall-up (CWU) versus canal-wall-down (CWD) tympanomastoidectomy (p. 5). I remember hearing the same arguments when I was a resident at UCLA, which was also the last time I drilled a mastoid bone; my practice focused on head and neck surgery and pediatric otolaryngology. Over the past 32 years, Drs. Bruce Gantz, Rick Chole (two of my otology colleagues on the Board of Otolaryngology), and other otologist friends have suffered through my... 2010-05-02T16:32:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/496249/Trauma_Care_and_the_Otolaryngologist_Roles_Expectations_and_Challenges.html SAN DIEGO-Trauma care in the United States is on or heading toward life support. Although this may sound hyperbolic, it points to a need, seen by many otolaryngologists and other surgeons, to raise awareness of the growing gap between the numbers of people in need of trauma services and the accessibility of getting those services. 2009-12-01T02:45:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/527231/Geriatric_Otolaryngology_Has_Come_of_Age.html Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery is a broad specialty that covers the diagnosis and the medical and surgical management of conditions in patients who age from neonates through adults. 2007-04-01T05:49:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/527243/The_Neurotologist_as_Gamma_Knife_Radiosurgeon.html There are three management options for patients with acoustic neuromas: microsurgical removal, stereotactic radiosurgery, and expectant management. 2007-03-01T06:00:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/527269/The_Evolution_of_Endoscopic_Sinus_Surgery.html Endoscopic sinus surgery was introduced into the United States more than 20 years ago; over that time period it has undergone significant changes, in terms of both surgical technique and our understanding of the disorder of chronic rhinosinusitis. 2007-02-01T06:22:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/527291/The_Otolaryngologist_as_Sleep_Physician.html Many non-otolaryngologists, and even some otolaryngologists, ask: Why would surgeons-especially busy ones-care about sleep medicine? Do they really want to read sleep studies? 2007-01-01T06:39:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/531805/A_Look_at_National_Health_Spending.html Spending growth has slowed, and docs are increasing practice volume and intensity to keep up 2006-04-01T04:43:00Z