Best of Orals Showcases Expertise Across the Specialty

A large number of abstracts are submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting. They undergo a rigorous peer review evaluation, with each one being assessed by five to seven different reviewers. The abstracts are ranked based on subspecialty. Then, based on the rankings, all the abstracts are discussed at a joint meeting of the subspecialty members of the Annual Meeting Program Committee. The top abstracts, which are those that are top scoring and have the most applicability to the entire specialty and to all otolaryngologist, are then chosen to comprise the Best of Orals session.

The abstracts that were selected to be presented during the Best of Orals at the AAO-HNSF 2022 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience include the following:

BEST OF ORALS SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION PART I
Sunday, September 11, 9:15 am (ET)

BUSINESS OF MEDICINE
Trends in Private Equity Acquisition of US Otolaryngology Practices
Hemali Shah, Parsa P. Salehi, MD, Alexandra Bourdillon, Adam Li, Kane Wu, Saral Mehra, MD, MBA

ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Hashimoto Thyroiditis Ameliorates the Risk of Recurrence in BRAF-Positive Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Mahmoud Omar, MD, Yusef Buti, Mohamed Aboueisha, Peter Issa, Mohamed Shama, Emad Kandil

FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Management, Referral Patterns, and Outcomes in Bell Palsy: A Single-Institution 924 Patient Series
Sara W. Liu, MD, Stephen P. Hadford, MD, Patrick J. Byrne, MD, MBA, Dane J. Genther, MD, Michael A. Fritz, MD, Peter J. Ciolek, MD

HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Discrepancies in Prices of FDA-Approved Agents for Head and Neck Cancer
Abhinav Talwar, Alex J. Gordon, Michael Papazian, Babak Givi, MD

LARYNGOLOGY
Safety and Utility of Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange for Laser Laryngeal Surgery
Neelaysh Vukkadala, MD, Nergis C. Khan, BA, Amit Saxena, MD, Edward J. Damrose, MD, Vladimir Nekhendzy, MD, C. Kwang Sung, MD, MS

OTOLOGY/NEUROTOLOGY
Simultaneous Intratympanic Use of Gentamicin and Dexamethasone in Ménière Disease: Randomized Controlled Study
Sung Huhn Kim, MD, Seong-Hoon Bae, MD, Jeon-Mi Lee, MD, PhD, Hyun-Jin Lee, MD

Simultaneous Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection and Cochlear Implantation – Long-term Follow-up
Christoph Arnoldner, MD, MBA, Alice Auinger, MD, Valerie Dahm, MD, Anselm Gadenstätter, Matthias Gerlitz, Christian Matula, MD

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Decision Aid for Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Chad Purcell, MD, Gerard Corsten, MD, FRSCS, Paul Hong, MD, Michael Bezuhly, MD, FRCSC

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gender Disparities in Otolaryngology
Amy L. Rutt, DO

RHINOLOGY/ALLERGY
Azithromycin Reduces Type 1 Inflammation and Induces Epithelial Restoration After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Axel E. Renteria, MD, MSc, Anastasios Maniakas, MD, MSc, Ali Filai-Mouhim, PhD, Fabiana Valera Cardoso, MD, PhD, Emmanuelle Brochiero, PhD, Martin Y. Desrosiers, MD, FRCSC

BEST OF ORALS SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION PART II
Sunday, September 11, 10:45 am (ET)

COMPREHENSIVE OTOLARYNGOLOGY
An In Vitro Model for Cranial Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
Ashley E. Kita, MD, Michelle Hong, Katherine Kedeshian, Kristen Echanique, MD, Larry F. Hoffman, PhD

FACIAL AND PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Artificial Intelligence for Objectively Measuring Aesthetic Youthfulness After Facial Rejuvenation Surgery
Zachary Elliott, Michele A. Fiorella, MS, Vanessa Christopher, MD, Alekya Bheemreddy, Howard D. Krein, MD, PhD, Ryan N. Heffelfinger, MD

OTOLOGY/NEUROTOLOGY
Slim Modiolar Versus Lateral Wall Electrode Arrays in the Setting of Hearing Preservation
Kevin Y. Zhan, MD, Amit Walia, MD, Matthew A. Shew, MD, Nedim Durakovic, MD, Craig A. Buchman, MD, Jacques A. Herzog, MD

PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
An Inter-Professional Continuous Improvement Project to Manage Difficult Airways
Mohammad Shukairy, MD, Lexia Chadwick, BA, Julie Fitzgerald, MD, Cinthia LaPorte, MSL, BSN, RNc, NE-BC, Josephine Pudwill, MSN, RN, CNL, CPN, Carol Bier-Laning, MD, MBA

PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Hearing Loss Outcomes of Prolonged and Delayed Ganciclovir Treatment in a Murine Cytomegalovirus Model
Katrina Hillam, Daniel Suarez, John P. Carey, MD, Abigail Traxler, Anna Winslow, Maura Hughes

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Female Representation Among CORE Grant Recipients: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study 
Ronit E. Malka, MD, Jivianne K. Lee, MD

Investigation of Gender-Based Needs in Academic Otolaryngology
Pratyusha Yalamanchi, MD, MBA, Melissa A. Pynnonen, MD, Mark E. Prince, MD, Kelly M. Malloy, MD, Robbi A. Kupfer, MD, Janet Dombrowski

RHINOLOGY/ALLERGY
Engineering for Success After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Decrease in T1 Inflammation, Epithelial Restoration, and Reduction in Staphylococcus aureus 
Axel E. Renteria, MD, MSc, Anastasios Maniakas, MD, MSc, Ali Filai-Mouhim, PhD, Fabiana Valera Cardoso, MD, PhD, Emmanuelle Brochiero, PhD, Martin Y. Desrosiers, MD, FRCSC

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation for the Treatment of COVID-19-Related Olfactory Dysfunction
David Lerner, MD, Katherine L. Garvey, MPH, Evan Kominsky, MD, Anthony Del Signore, MD, Satish Govindaraj, MD, Alfred Marc C. Iloreta, Jr., MD

SLEEP MEDICINE
Reliability and Accuracy of Visualized Pharyngeal Opening Pressures During Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy
Jason L. Yu, MD, Eric R. Thuler, MD, PhD, MBA, Everett Seay, Kendra Troske, Alan R. Schwartz, MD, Raj C. Dedhia, MD, MSCR