ENT Surgery

Aerodigestive Disease

• Clinical Significance of Mast Cells in the Supraglottic Larynx of Children With Aerodigestive Disease
• Functional results of endoscopic arytenoid abduction lateropexy for bilateral vocal fold palsy
• Aerodigestive Programs Enhance Outcomes in Pediatric Patients

Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate 

• National Trends of Otolaryngology Involvement in Cleft Surgical Management over 10-Years
• An Enhanced Audiologic Protocol for Early Identification of Conductive Hearing Loss in Patients with Cleft Palate
• Demographics and trends of cleft lip and palate patients born in Tennessee from 2000 to 2017
• Total facial nerve injury during mandibular distraction osteogenesis

Congenital Hearing loss:

• Genetic and Non-genetic Workup for Pediatric Congenital Hearing Loss

Cochlear Implantation:

• Corrigendum to 'Undetectable viral load within the mastoid during cochlear implantation in a patient with Covid-19'
• Electrode array positioning after cochlear reimplantation from single manufacturer
• Cochlear Implantation in Very Young Children With Single-Sided Deafness

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: 

• Assessing Complication Risk of Pressure Equalizing Tube Placement in Children With Velocardiofacial Syndrome

Head and neck Teratomas:

• Surgical Management and Outcomes of Pediatric Congenital Head and Neck Teratomas: A Scoping Review

Otolaryngology -Head & Neck Biorepository
Obstructive Sleep Apnea:

• Investigating differences in symptomatology and age at diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in children with and without autism

Salivary Gland Tumor:

• Nondiagnostic category of Milan system for reporting pediatric salivary gland cytopathology: outcomes and root cause analysis
• Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pediatric Salivary Gland Tumors: Analysis of Patient Tolerability, Sedation Requirement, and Procedural Complication
• Evaluation of the Molecular Landscape of Pediatric Thyroid Nodules and Use of a Multigene Genomic Classifier in Children

Obstructive Sleep Apnea 

•  Investigating differences in symptomatology and age at diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in children with and without autism

Pediatric Thyroid:

• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and the Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children
• A Large Thyroid Goiter in a Newborn With Congenital Hypothyroidism: Timeline for Decrease in Size of Thyroid
• Identifying Parathyroids in Pediatric Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery by Near Infrared Autofluorescence
• Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in the presentation and management of pediatric thyroid cancer

Please contact Kalpnaben Patel at kalpnaben.patel@vumc.org if parents want to participate in the ongoing study.