Physicians at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center individualize the management of temporal bone spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks for each patient. Kareem O. Tawfik, MD, otology fellow, department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at UC Health, said that the process begins with establishing the diagnosis, which typically involves beta-2 transferrin testing
At the beginning of the pediatric voice program at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center, “we were satisfied with successful airway reconstruction in our patients that allowed them to have some voice,” says Alessandro de Alarcon, MD, MPH, UC Health. Over the last 10 years, UC Medical Center has become concerned with assessing the
Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common congenital infection that occurs in approximately 1% of all U.S. births, is one of the leading causes of sensorineural hearing loss.1 While antiviral medications can stabilize hearing loss if administered shortly after birth, infants are not often screened for CMV. “Newborns who test positive for CMV and are treated with an
In-office laser treatments for conditions such as recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) “offer patients a very time-efficient alternative to surgery,” said Rebecca J. Howell, MD, associate director of the UC Health Voice and Swallowing Center located at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio. Dr. Howell performs the in-office treatment of RRP, a chronic viral
