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A vascular catastrophe during endonasal surgery: an endoscopic sheep model. (with R Valentine), Skull Base (2011)
Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury is a dramatic complication of endonasal skull base approaches with...
Patient-reported olfactory function following endoscopic sinus surgery with modified endoscopic Lothrop procedure / Draf 3. (with J Yip and K Seiberlin), Rhinology (2011)
Objectives/Hypothesis: The Modified Endoscopic Lothrop procedure (MELP) or Draf 3 is a complex procedure, performed...
Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: nemesis of endoscopic sinus surgery (with D Singhal, A Foreman, and J-J Bardy), Laryngoscope (2011)
Objectives/Hypothesis: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients with biofilms have persistent postoperative symptoms, ongoing mucosal inflammation, and...
Aberrant mucin glycoprotein patterns of chronic rhinosinusitis patients with bacterial biofilms (with L Tan, A Psaltis, L Baker, M McGuckin, and K Rousseau), American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy (2010)
Background: Increasingly bacterial biofilms have been implicated in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), and conventional treatment methods...
Are routine dissolvable nasal dressings necessary following endoscopic sinus surgery? (with R Valentine), The Laryngoscope (2010)
BACKGROUND
Nasal dressings have frequently been advocated to improve wound healing and prevent ongoing bleeding...
Effect of head position and surgical dissection on sinus irrigant penetration in cadavers. (with D Singhal, E Weitzel, E Lin, B Feldt, B Kriete, K McBains, and M Thwin), The Laryngoscope (2010)
Background: Effective treatment for recalcitrant rhinosinusitis requires unobstructed surgical marsupialization of sinus cavities and use...
Innate immunity (with E Ooi, A Psaltis, and I Witterick), Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America (2010)
The sinonasal tract is continuously exposed to environmental particulates and pathogens which are normally cleared...
Planning for the canine fossa trephination approach. (with M Tewfik), Operative techniques in otolaryngology - Head and neck surgery (2010)
Complete removal of polyps and thick mucus from the severely diseased maxillary sinus is key...
Ten pearls for safe endoscopic sinus surgery (with M Tewfik), Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America (2010)
Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is effective in improving the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis and thus...
The clinical significance of nasal irrigation bottle contamination. (with M Keen and A Foreman), The Laryngoscope. (2010)
Objectives/Hypothesis: This study aimed to assess the clinical relevance of contamination of nasal irrigation bottles...
Advances in absorbable biomaterials and nasal packing (with Rowan Valentine and Raj Sindwani), Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America (2009)
Background: Nasal Packing in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is a continuously developing...
Comprehensive surgical management of the aerosinusitis patient (with E K. Weitzel and K C. McMains), Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery (2009)
Barotrauma can be defined as damage occurring to body structures resulting from ambient pressure change....
Efficacy of different techniques of sinonasal irrigation after modified Lothrop procedure. (with A Beule, T Athanasiadis, E Athanasiadis, and J Field), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: Post-operative irrigation after endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic Lothrop procedure is used to remove...
Endoscopic management of frontal sinus osteomas revisited (with K Seiberling, S Floreani, and S Robinson), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: recent articles have published guidelines regarding the role of endoscopic surgery in the removal...
Immunomodulatory effect of cytosine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG)-oligonucleotides in nonasthmatic chronic rhinosinusitis: an explant model (with L Tan, T Rogers, N Hatzirodos, L Baker, and E Ooi), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: The use of cytosine-phosphate-guanosine-oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODNs) or immunostimulatory sequences (ISSs) in the treatment of airway...
Minitrephination of the frontal sinus: indications and uses in today's era of sinus surgery (with K Seiberling and C Jardeleza), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: This study reviews the role of frontal sinus minitrephination in today's era of endoscopic...
Nasal polyp cell populations and fungal-specific peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation in allergic fungal sinusitis (with H Pant, D Beroukas, F Kette, W Smith, and P Macardle), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is considered a different disease from other polypoid chronic rhinosinusitis...
Surgical outcomes of endoscopic management of adenocarcinoma of the sinonasal cavity (with C Jardeleza, K Seiberling, and S Floreani), Rhinology (2009)
Objective: To report the surgical outcomes of endoscopic resection of adenocarcinomas of the sino-nasal cavity.
...The efficacy of topical antibiofilm agents in a sheep model of rhinosinusitis, American Journal of Rhinology (2009)
Background: Biofilms have been shown to be resistant to conventional antibiotic treatment. This study uses...
The role of itraconazole in recalcitrant fungal sinusitis (with K Seiberling), American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy (2009)
Background: Oral itraconazole is an antifungal that has been shown to be of benefit to...
Transillumination-assisted maxillary trephination: cadaver validation of a new technique (with N C. Tan, S R. Floreani, S Robinson, S Nair, V S. Sunkaraneni, and C Faris), Laryngoscope (2009)
Endoscopic sinus surgery is performed on patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who have previously failed medical...
Nasal lavage with mupirocin for the treatment of surgically recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis (with B Uren and A Psaltis), Laryngoscope (2008)
Objectives/Hypothesis: To examine the efficacy and tolerability of topical mupirocin for the management of surgically...
Aerosinusitis: pathophysiology, prophylaxis and management in passengers and aircrew (with Erik K. Weitzel, Christopher McMains, and Suresh Rajapaksa), Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine (2008)
Patients presenting before flight with an upper respiratory infection are at risk for aerosinusitis. Prophylaxis...
An endoscopic endonasal technique for resection of olfactory groove meningioma (with R Webb-Myers and B Brophy), Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (2008)
Meningiomas of the olfactory groove have generated a significant amount of discussion in the literature...
A prospective controlled trial of pulsed nasal nebulizer in maximally dissected cadavers. (with Rowan J. Valentine, Theo Athanasiadis, May Thwin, Deepti Singhal, and Erik K. Weitzel), American Journal of Rhinology (2008)
Background: Nasal douching is common practice in treatment of chronic sinusitis and after endoscopic sinus...
A randomized controlled pilot study of epsilon-aminocaproic acid as a topical hemostatic agent for postoperative bleeding in the sheep model of chronic sinusitis (with Devika C. Thomas), American Journal of Rhinology (2008)
Background: Significant bleeding with blood clot formation in the postoperative period may predispose to the...
Effect of nerve growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor on wound healing of the sinus mucosa. (with L Tan and N Hatzirodos), Wound Repair and Regeneration (2008)
The healing of the sinuses after sinus surgery is often compromised by the development of...
Effects of a novel chitosan gel on mucosal wound healing following endoscopic sinus surgery in a sheep model of chronic rhinosinusitis. (with T Athanasiadis, A Beule, B Robinson, S Robinson, and Z Shi), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Introduction: Postoperative bleeding and adhesion formation remain the two major problems after endoscopic sinus surgery...
Endoscopic drainage of a superiorly based subperiostal orbital abscess. (with R Roithmann, B Uren, and J Pater), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Introduction: Subperiosteal orbital abscess (SPOA) is an uncommon complication of acute sinusitis and is seen...
Innate immunity in the paranasal sinuses: a review of nasal host defenses. (with Eng Hooi Ooi and Lor Wai Tan), American Journal of Rhinology (2008)
Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CSR) is a common inflammatory disorder of the paranasal sinuses. An abnormal...
In vitro activity of mupirocin on clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and its potential implications in chronic rhinosinusitis. (with K Ha, A Psaltis, and A Butcher), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Background: It has been postulated that bacterial biofilms are involved in the pathogenesis of chronic...
Otolaryngologic heuristics: a rhinologic perspective (with E K. Weitzel and S Floreani), ANZ Journal of Surgery (2008)
Rhinological heuristics are adapted from common principles within the field of otolaryngology. The most important...
Pre- and postoperative sinus penetration of nasal irrigation. (with A Grobler, E Weitzel, A Buele, C Jardeleza, Y Cheong, and J Field), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Objective/Hypothesis: Endoscopic sinus surgery is an accepted treatment of medically recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis. Effective saline...
Reduced levels of lactoferrin in biofilm-associated chronic rhinosinusitis. (with A Psaltis, K Ha, and L W. Tan), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Objective/Hypothesis: The diverse antipathogenic action of lactoferrin has been well characterized. In addition, it is...
Standardized video-endoscopy and surgical field grading scale for endoscopic sinus surgery: a multi-centre study (with T Athanasiadis, A Beule, J Embate, E Steinmeier, and J Field), The Laryngoscope (2008)
Bleeding is a major concern in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) as it may impede surgical...
The effect of bacterial biofilms on post-sinus surgical outcomes (with Alkis J. Psaltis, Erik K. Weitzel, and Kien R. Ha), American Journal of Rhinology (2008)
Background: Although the existence of biofilms on the sinus mucosa with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is...