ENT Journal Article Review: Stapedotomy and Middle Ear Surgical Procedures

For busy clinicians, sifting through mounds of scientific literature can take time away from patient care. To make that easier, Marathon Medical is launching a series of review articles that distill and link to some of the practice-changing research coming out for ENT.

How Necessary Is a Second-Look Tympanoplasty-Mastoidectomy Strategy for Preventing Cholesteatoma Recurrence?

We asked a Marathon client and Duke University School of Medicine Head and Neck Surgery professor Calhoun Cunningham, MD. He and several Duke colleagues co-authored “Cost analysis and outcomes of a second-look tympanoplasty-mastoidectomy strategy for cholesteatoma,” which appeared in The Laryngoscope a few years ago. Co-authors were Dr. Matthew Crowson, Dr. Vaibhav Ramprasad, Dr. Nikita Chapurin, and Dr. David Kaylie. Here’s what Dr. Cunningham taught us.