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Urology 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL. Electronic address:

Objectives: To investigate voiding time (VT) in asymptomatic and symptomatic men, and compare VT to other parameters such as maximum flow rates (Qmax) as a possible solution to disparity related lack of access to standard urodynamic testing.

Methods: We conducted a controlled prospective study on a total of 30 patients. Exclusion criteria included ongoing medical therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or a history of invasive therapy for LUTS. Read More

Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Background: Intrauterine devices are safe, well tolerated and known to reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancies. At medical abortion, intrauterine devices are placed at a follow-up visit. Patients who miss this visit risk being left without contraception. Read More

Otol Neurotol 2022 Sep;43(8):e895-e902

Cleveland Clinic Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.

Objective: To quantify objective and subjective outcomes in cochlear implant (CI) recipients with asymmetric hearing loss, including single-sided deafness (SSD) whose candidacy was determined on an ear-specific basis when word recognition was 50% or less.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center. Read More

Otol Neurotol 2022 Sep;43(8):973-977

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Objective: Inflammatory external auditory canal (EAC) Stenosis arises from infiltration of inflammatory cells, edema and eventual sclerosing of the medial EAC, leading to complete obstruction and conductive hearing loss. Current treatment includes surgical resection of the affected area with widening and reepithelization of the EAC via postauricular incision, but the condition is reported to recur with high frequency. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of endoscopic transcanal treatment as an alternative to postauricular canalplasty and understand its effect on recurrence rates. Read More

Otol Neurotol 2022 Sep;43(8):908-914

ENT and Head & Neck Research Center, The Five Senses Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Objective: This multicenter study aimed to evaluate the auditory and speech outcomes of cochlear implantation (CI) in deaf-blind patients compared with deaf-only patients.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Multiple cochlear implant centers. Read More