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Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has become a global pandemic. Given that the highest viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is found in the airway, otolaryngologists are at high risk of infection. As a result, multiple recommendations have emerged regarding protective measures for surgical teams, including suspending non-urgent procedures and surgeries.To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on otolaryngology residency training programs nationwide.A cross-sectional survey-based study was completed in April 2020. The participants were recruited through an online survey, sent by email to all Chilean otolaryngology residents. Demographics, clinical activities, on-call shifts, COVID-19 infection status, exposure to COVID-19 patients, deployment to other specialties, diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, and surgeries performed were analyzed. Self-reported surgical data logs from previous years were used to compare results.Forty-seven residents completed the survey (84% response rate); 64% of residents refer seeing patients ten days or less during April 2020. Commonly performed procedures such as flexible nasolaryngoscopy, rigid nasal endoscopy, and peritonsillar abscess drainage were not performed by over 40% of the residents in that month. Only 38% participated in surgeries, with an average of 0.6 surgeries as a first surgeon, a dramatic decrease in surgical exposure when comparing the data logs from previous years. Most residents refer the following measures taken by their residency program to improve residency training: bibliographic videoconferences (87%), online clinical case seminars (60%), weekly journal clubs (38%), among others.Clinical and surgical opportunities decreased dramatically during April 2020. Adjustments to the regular academic curricula should be considered to decrease the negative impact of this pandemic on residency training.La enfermedad por coronavirus 2019, o COVID-19, se ha convertido en una pandemia. Dada que la mayor carga viral de coronavirus de tipo 2 causante del síndrome respiratorio agudo severo (SARS-CoV-2) se encuentra en la vía aérea, los otorrinolaringólogos tienen un elevado riesgo de infección. Múltiples recomendaciones han surgido con respecto a las medidas de protección, incluidos la suspensión de procedimientos y cirugías electivas.Evaluar el impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en los programas de formación de otorrinolaringología a nivel nacional.Estudio transversal de encuesta en línea a residentes de otorrinolaringología realizado durante abril de 2020. Se analizaron datos demográficos, actividades clínicas, turnos de llamado, infección por COVID-19, exposición a pacientes COVID-19 positivos, despliegue a otras especialidades, procedimientos y cirugías realizadas. Se utilizaron los portafolios quirúrgicos de años previos para comparar los resultados.Completaron la encuesta 47 residentes, con 84% de tasa de respuesta; el 64% refirió haber acudido a su centro asistencial 10 días o menos durante el mes de abril de 2020. Con relación a procedimientos frecuentes tales como nasofibroscopía, endoscopia nasal rígida y drenaje de absceso periamigdalino, no fueron realizados por más del 40% de los residentes en el mes. Solo el 38% participó en cirugías, con un promedio de 0,6 procedimientos como primer cirujano; se constata una drástica disminución al comparar los registros de años anteriores. La mayoría de los residentes refieren estas medidas educativas complementarias: videoconferencias bibliográficas (87%), seminarios de casos clínicos en línea (60%), revisión de artículos (38%), entre otros.La formación clínica y quirúrgica disminuyó drásticamente durante abril de 2020. Se deben considerar ajustes a los planes de estudio para disminuir el impacto negativo de la pandemia en la formación de los residentes.

Summary Introduction Bamboo nodes are transverse creamy-yellow subepithelial nodes in the vocal folds (VF) midpoint, usually bilateral, resembling a bamboo stem. They appear almost exclusively in females, and are associated with underlying autoimmune diseases. Case summary Six female patients, 45.5 years median age, with underlying autoimmune diseases, consulted due to dysphonia. The laryngeal stroboscopy showed bilateral VF bamboo nodes in four patients, and unilateral in the remaining two. VF mobility was normal in all patients, while the mucosal wave was impaired in four of them. Treatment with speech therapy and proton pump inhibitors was indicated. All the patients were referred for rheumatologic evaluation and immunosuppressive treatment optimization. Follow-up in five patients showed vocal function self-perception and GRBAS scores improvement. Discussion VF bamboo nodes are an infrequent cause for dysphonia, associated with phonotrauma and autoimmune diseases. Speech therapy and a rheumatologic workup must be indicated, for immunosuppressive treatment enhancement.

Objective This study aims to establish the actual validity of the lymph node ratio (LNR) as a prognostic factor for colorectal cancer patients, and to verify differences of survival and disease-free interval. Methods Patients referred with colorectal cancer who underwent potentially curative surgery between January 1997 and December 2011 were included. Lymph node ratio, TNM staging and survival were extracted from surgical, histological and follow-up records. Results Two hundred eigthy six patients with different stages of colorectal cancer underwent surgery, with comparison of survival prediction based on lymph node ratio and TNM staging. The overall survival rate was 78.3%, the recurrence rate was 11.9% and the mortality rate was estimated as 21.7%. Univariate analysis in relation to survival was significant for the following variables: serum level of CEA, CA 19.9 value, degree of histological differentiation, and tumor growth. There weren’t any statistically significant differences for the LNR (LNR Conclusions LNR alone could not be considered a better prognostic factor than the TNM system. However, future studies are needed in a larger number of patients with a standardized surgical, pathological and medical protocol.

Objectives/hypothesis To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of voice disorders in healthcare workers of high-risk hospital care units during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Study design Cross-sectional study. Methods Questionnaire survey to healthcare personnel of COVID-19 high-risk hospital units was conducted, regarding demographic data, clinical activity, the pattern of usage of personal protective equipment, medical and vocal history, vocal symptoms, and Spanish validated Voice Handicap Index (VHI)-10 questionnaire. Results A total of 221 healthcare workers answered the survey. Nearly 33% of them reported having trouble with their voice during the last month, and 26.24% had an abnormal score in the Spanish validated VHI-10 questionnaire. The mean VHI-10 score was 7.92 (95% confidence interval 6.98-8.85). The number of working hours, the number of hours of mask daily use, simultaneous surgical and self-filtering mask use, and working in intermediate or intensive care units were independent variables significantly associated with a higher VHI-10 score. Conclusions Healthcare workers of high-risk hospital care units during the universal masking COVID-19 pandemic are at risk of voice disorders. Level of evidence 3 Laryngoscope, 131:E1227-E1233, 2021.

KEY POINTSThe COVID-19 pandemic has presented the Otolaryngology community with new challenges.Exposure to outpatient attention, endoscopic procedures and surgeries has been significantly reduced for residents worldwide.Our Otolaryngology residency program has implemented different measures to reduce residents’ exposure to high-risk infection situations.Concomitant measures have been taken to increase simulation training, and up-to-date seminars and courses for residents.Adaptation and flexibility of regular training curricula are required in order to diminish the negative impact in residents ’ education.Keywords : COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, residents, residency education, otolaryngology.

Summary Introduction Glottic insufficiency is an important cause of dysphonia and can be frequently overlooked in the clinical evaluation. The differential diagnoses of this entity are diverse and include postintubation phonatory insufficiency (PIPI). These patients present with glottic insufficiency symptoms, associated with normal laryngeal imaging evaluation with no evident lesions. There is scarce literature describing this entity, since it is usually underdiagnosed. Objectives The aim of this study is to describe two clinical cases diagnosed with PIPI at our center's Voice Unit, discuss their clinical features, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment alternatives. Case summary We report two clinical cases of prolonged orotracheal intubation (OTI) that developed dysphonia, vocal fatigue, a breathy voice, and poor vocal projection after being discharged from the hospital. Laryngoscopic evaluation showed no lesions in the membranous glottis and normal vocal fold mobility. Respiratory glottis was difficult to evaluate because of redundant arytenoids. To improve visualization, a laryngotracheoscopy with transtracheal anesthesia was performed in-office, exposing scar tissue medial to the vocal processes and respiratory vocal fold, confirming PIPI. Discussion Prolonged OTI can damage the medial arytenoid mucosa producing a posterior glottic gap that determines symptoms of glottic insufficiency. Multiple treatment options have been described yet few achieve a sufficient closure of the defect, so management is initially based on counseling and speech therapy. Conclusions PIPI is usually difficult to diagnose and should be sought directly in the clinical evaluation, especially if there are no obvious lesions in the membranous glottis.

Summary Introduction Dysphonia in children is a common symptom, its prevalence varies between 6% and 23%. There is a broad differential diagnosis and the recommendation is to evaluate dysphonic children with an adequate laryngeal visualization method to achieve an accurate diagnosis and treatment. Objective To describe the experience in the diagnosis of dysphonia in children in the voice unit at Universidad Catolica Clinical Hospital Santiago, Chile. Methods and materials A retrospective chart review was conducted of all new pediatric patients treated in the voice unit at Universidad Catolica Clinical Hospital between 2012 and 2019. Demographic data, diagnosis, and in-office laryngoscopies were reviewed. All patients were evaluated by the same work team consisting of two Otolaryngologists specialized in vocal pathology and a speech voice therapist. Results A total of 126 new pediatric patients between the ages of 0 to 18 years were evaluated in the voice unit at Universidad Catolica Clinical Hospital Santiago, Chile. The majority were males (54%) with an average age of 9 years. 40% of the diagnosis corresponded to vocal nodules, 26% to vocal cord cysts, the remaining to a group of less frequent diagnosis. Two different groups were studied, the first group evaluated during the years 2012–2015 with flexible fibre-optic laryngoscopy and rigid videolaryngostroboscopy (VLS); the second group evaluated between the years 2015–2019 with distal chip flexible videolaryngoscopy, distal chip flexible VLS and rigid VLS. In the second group, the diagnosis of vocal nodules decreased, and the diagnosis of vocal cord cysts increased in comparison to the first group. Conclusion Pediatric patients with dysphonia must be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of experts and adequate equipment. VLS should be considered the gold standard in the diagnosis of vocal cord pathology in pediatric population.

RESUMEN Una de las manifestaciones clínicas del virus papiloma humano (VPH) es la papilomatosis respiratoria recurrente (PRR), que se caracteriza por la proliferación de lesiones epiteliales verrucosas recurrentes en la mucosa respiratoria, pudiendo progresar a obstrucción de vía aérea o presentar transformación maligna. El tratamiento de primera línea quirúrgico, pero dada su alta recurrencia ha tomado peso el tratamiento adyuvante, como la vacuna tetravalente contra VPH. Sin embargo, existe controversia respecto a su eficacia. El objetivo de esta revisión es analizar la efectividad de la vacuna contra VPH como tratamiento adyuvante de la PRR, para lo cual hicimos una revisión de la literatura sobre la efectividad de la vacuna tetravalente contra VPH para PRR, realizando una búsqueda en diversas fuentes: Pubmed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Google Scholar y Epistemonikos. Se seleccionaron los estudios que responden a la pregunta y se analizaron los datos de los estudios primarios. Se encontraron cinco estudios primarios no aleatorizados, todos a favor de la vacuna como tratamiento. Concluimos con baja certeza de evidencia, que la vacuna es posiblemente efectiva para pacientes con PRR en disminuir el número de recurrencias, aumentar el intervalo entre cirugías, lograr remisión completa o parcial de la enfermedad y aumentar significativamente los títulos de anticuerpos anti-VPH.

Los tumores condroides de la laringe son poco frecuentes, y generalmente se ubican en el cartílago cricoides. El tratamiento de elección es quirúrgico, con buen pronóstico general. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 60 años con historia de disfonía. El estudio nasofaringolaringofibroscópico revela una masa laríngea supraglótica. Las imágenes son compatibles con una lesión del cartílago tiroides. La biopsia obtenida por microlaringoscopía directa informa tumor compatible con condroma. Se realiza una resección completa de la masa por abordaje externo, la biopsia corrobora el diagnóstico de tumor condroide de bajo grado. Se describe esta patología mediante revisión bibliográfica.

Summary Introduction Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a focal dystonia of the larynx where involuntary spasms of its intrinsic muscles are triggered by specific phonemes. The diagnosis is challenging and is performed by listening to the patient's voice, supported by nasolaryngoscopy. There is no diagnostic tool in Spanish for SD. The objective of our study is to establish phonetically studied vocal tasks in Spanish language to diagnose patients with SD. Material and method This is a prospective study in three groups of patients: 11 with SD, 11 with another vocal disease, and 11 with no vocal disease, recruited in the Voice Unit of Hospital Clinico Universidad Catolica. Of the patients with SD, 10 (90.9%) had adductor SD and 1 (9.1%) abductor SD. Vocal tasks phonetically studied by a speech language pathologist as laryngeal spasm triggers were recorded. The audio recordings were randomized and analyzed by nine evaluators: three experts and six otolaryngology residents. The correlation between the different professionals for the correct diagnosis was analyzed. Results The audio recordings were analyzed and patients with SD presented irregular voice breaks that occurred during the trigger phonemes. Evaluators classified the audio recordings: the expert group presented 100% sensitivity, 95–100% specificity and individual consistency of κ=0.73–0.82. The interrater agreement was 81.8%. The resident group presented 55–100% sensitivity, 58–95% specificity, and individual consistency of κ=0.36–0.82. The interrater agreement was 67.0%. Discussion and conclusions We obtained a strong to almost perfect interrater agreement in experts and fair to almost perfect in residents. This study shows that the established list of phonetically studied and standardized words can be a useful tool for the diagnosis of SD.

Introducción: El manejo inicial de la parálisis cordal unilateral incluye la observación en espera de la recuperación de la movilidad o la compensación, terapia fonoaudiológica o inyección de medialización temporal para llevar la cuerda a una posición más favorable para el cierre glótico. Este procedimiento puede realizarse en pabellón, o vía percutánea en paciente despierto. Existen varias opciones, siendo el ácido hialurónico (Restylane®) uno de los más usados. Objetivo: Revisar la experiencia pionera en el país en la inyección de medialización de cuerda vocal con ácido hialurónico en el manejo de la parálisis cordal unilateral. Material y método: Estudio retrospectivo, que incluyó a 15 pacientes con insuficiencia glótica a los que se les realizó una inyección percutánea con ácido hialurónico. Se evaluó la calidad de la voz pre y posprocedimiento (VRQOL), tolerancia al procedimiento y complicaciones. Resultados: El 100% de los pacientes mostró cambios significativos en el VRQOL, con un cambio promedio pre y post de 37%. El procedimiento fue bien tolerado en el 93%. No se produjeron incidentes durante la inyección ni tampoco posteriores. Conclusión: La inyección de medialización es un procedimiento bien tolerado, seguro y sencillo, que permite mejoras significativas en la calidad vocal. El ácido hialurónico es seguro y eficaz para la inyección de medialización.

RESUMEN Una de las manifestaciones clínicas del virus papiloma humano (VPH) es la papilomatosis respiratoria recurrente (PRR), que se caracteriza por la proliferación de lesiones epiteliales verrucosas recurrentes en la mucosa respiratoria, pudiendo progresar a obstrucción de vía aérea o presentar transformación maligna. El tratamiento de primera línea quirúrgico, pero dada su alta recurrencia ha tomado peso el tratamiento adyuvante, como la vacuna tetravalente contra VPH. Sin embargo, existe controversia respecto a su eficacia. El objetivo de esta revisión es analizar la efectividad de la vacuna contra VPH como tratamiento adyuvante de la PRR, para lo cual hicimos una revisión de la literatura sobre la efectividad de la vacuna tetravalente contra VPH para PRR, realizando una búsqueda en diversas fuentes: Pubmed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Google Scholar y Epistemonikos. Se seleccionaron los estudios que responden a la pregunta y se analizaron los datos de los estudios primarios. Se encontraron cinco estudios primarios no aleatorizados, todos a favor de la vacuna como tratamiento. Concluimos con baja certeza de evidencia, que la vacuna es posiblemente efectiva para pacientes con PRR en disminuir el número de recurrencias, aumentar el intervalo entre cirugías, lograr remisión completa o parcial de la enfermedad y aumentar significativamente los títulos de anticuerpos anti-VPH. ABSTRACT A clinical manifestation of human papillomavirus (HPV) is recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), characterized by the proliferation of recurrent verrucous epithelial lesions in the respiratory mucosa, which may progress to airway obstruction or malignant transformation. First-line treatment is surgery, but given its high recurrence the use of adjuvant therapy, such as the quadrivalent vaccine, has gained importance. However, there is controversy regarding its effectiveness. To analyze the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine as an adjuvant treatment for RRP a review of the literature on the effectiveness of HPV tetravalent vaccine for RRP was performed by searching databases such as Pubmed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Google Scholar and Epistemonikos. We selected the studies that answered the question and analyzed the data from all of which supported the vaccine as treatment. None were randomized controlled trials. We conclude, with low certainty of evidence, that the vaccine is possibly effective for RRP in decreasing the number of recurrences, increasing the intersurgical interval, achieving complete or partial remission of disease and significantly increasing anti-HPV antibodies.