Repair of a Left Ethmoid Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
For months, Janie Lee’s nose wouldn’t stop running. Clear fluid ran from her left nostril during the day and down her throat at night. A nurse at Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas, Lee stuffed tissue in her nostrils…
Elliott and Elizabeth: Managing Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Siblings
When Elizabeth Maddox failed her newborn hearing screening after an early delivery by cesarean section, her pediatrician referred her to Audrey Taylor, AuD, with UT Physicians Audiology, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. This was familiar territory…
Minimally Invasive Sialendoscopy Provides Relief for Aster Kebreab
For nearly a decade, Aster Kebreab’s right cheek swelled when she ate, and if she pressed on it, it was painful. During those years she saw her dentist, an allergist, and several ENTs, all of whom prescribed various antibiotics. “The…
The Greatest Gift: Bilateral Cochlear Implants Help a Toddler Meet Her Milestones
When Lucy Laker failed her newborn hearing screening twice, her pediatrician referred her to Audrey Taylor, AuD, at UT Physicians Audiology for auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. Dr. Taylor confirmed Lucy’s hearing loss in December 2019, with a natural sleep…
Ten Years Out, Jim Finley Looks Back on Beating Cancer
Jim Finley, who has been in the newspaper business for more than 36 years, writes a humor column for the Baytown Sun, a community newspaper published three days a week in Baytown, Texas, 25 miles east of Houston. In September…
Advanced Imaging and Surgical Skill Ensures Successful Removal of a Parathyroid Adenoma
When Joselyn Lee’s calcium levels were high in 2018, her endocrinologist referred her to Kunal Jain, MD, a head and neck cancer surgeon in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, who also specializes in parathyroid surgery….
A Patient Regains Her Hearing After Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Kristine Carioggia had just made a career change from medical device rep to home-based monitoring of remote transmissions from pacemakers, defibrillators, and implantable heart monitors, when she suffered a severe migraine. “I hadn’t had a migraine in a while, and…
Endoscopic Surgery for a Rare Presentation of Sinonasal Osteoma
When Phoebe Murphy first complained of headaches, her parents, both of whom suffer from migraines, thought she might have inherited the tendency. “We spent two years trying different medications for her headaches, but nothing relieved them,” says Phoebe’s mother, Jeannie…
Minimally Invasive In-office Treatment for Nasal Polyps
Rick Jackson was failing maximal medical treatment and well on his way to a third trip to the OR for nasal polyposis, when his rhinologist Martin J. Citardi, MD, suggested that he try SINUVA®. The corticosteroid-eluting implant is indicated for…
Inferior Turbinate Reduction Allows a Patient to Avoid Septoplasty
Chuck Frank’s problem of nasal obstruction came on gradually over 12 to 18 months. By spring 2019, he was waking up every morning unable to breathe through his nose. “At first I thought it was allergies or a cold, but…