Key Points 1. Most forms of vertigo are not managed surgically. Most patients with vertigo can attain significant improvement with conservative nonsurgical measures. 2. Ménière’s disease is a clinical diagnosis based on these features: Two or more definitive episodes of…
Key Points 1. In addition to motor fibers, the facial nerve carries visceral motor, general sensory, and special sensory fibers to the following structures: Parasympathetic input to the lacrimal, submandibular, and sublingual glands Taste from the tongue (special sensory) Sensation…
Key Points 1. Airway management is the otolaryngologist’s main role in emergencies. 2. Epiglottitis is an emergency because of the high potential for airway obstruction. 3. Angioedema involves the reticular dermis as well as the subcutaneous and submucosal layers of…