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This month has been an absolute blur. Half-way through med school, ENT was my career of choice, so naturally I've had a lot of fun getting to reexperience the pathologies and anatomy which I...

Another start to another rotation - this time I'm back at the county hospital for five of the next six months kicking this month off with ENT Clinic. Today was an extremely abbreviated day...

Rosai-Dorfman is a very rare condition with unknown etiology characterized by histiocyte-rich lymphadenopathy throughout the body. I had never encountered this disease process before my preceptorship on Thursday and was eager to learn a...

Hearing loss, "ringing" in the ears, and dizziness/vertigo are three of the most common things I've seen in the ENT clinic, and a proper workup during the initial encounter can provide valuable information regarding...

A brief walkthrough of a total parotidectomy (removal of the parotid salivary gland). You can easily visualize the sternocleidomastoid and masseter muscles, carotid artery, and the major branches of the facial nerve - a...

I'm halfway done with my ENT surgery selective, and as expected, I'm really enjoying the experience! A classmate and I recently watched a stapedectomy, a procedure in which the stapes, the smallest bone in the...

Last Friday, several members of the ENT-erest group attended the ENT Resident Research Day at the Methodist Hospital - Baylor Med Neurosensory Center. There were eight 10-15 minute presentations (4 basic science, 4 clinical)...

Traditional tonsillectomies used lasers and electrocautery to dissect away inflamed tonsillar tissue, but these techniques often times damaged surrounding, healthy tissues. Consequently, patients had more prolonged and severe post-op discomfort. These days, coblation ("controlled...