When something goes wrong with your voice, you might simply say, “I am hoarse.” Your funny best friend might ask with a smile, “Got a frog in your throat?” Then what? Do you rest your voice? Do you gargle? Do you eat chicken soup? Do you see a doctor? Do you pick up a pill at the pharmacy? Which doctor do you see? What if you are a doctor? Is it simple or difficult to discover the cause of a hoarse voice? What do you need to do to make a diagnosis? Do you look in the mouth? Do you guess? Do you write a prescription for a pill?
The 10th biennial PEVOC is being held in Prague, Czech Republic. The opening ceremony with the Prague youth choir in the Rudolfinum was spectacular and a great time to catch up with colleagues. Jan Svec, conference organizer, opening up the conference.
20th World Congress IFOS - Seoul, Korea The international Federation of Otolaryngology Societies (IFOS) met in Seoul, Korea this spring. The scientific program for laryngology was broad-based and excellent. I particularly enjoyed meeting my colleagues across the world who are working on gender voice surgery techniques. Participating in the energy of Gangnam with an evening dance in the conference hall was one way to sample the flavors of Korea. They have selected Paris as their next meeting location in 2017.
Sociedad Mexicana de Otorrinolaringologia y Cirugia de Cabeza y Cuello I was invited to speak at the Mexican otolaryngology conference which was held in Guadalajara, Mexico May 1-4. The formation of a laryngology subspecialty group for Mexico began during the meeting. Former Fellows-Luis Velazquez Lechuga, James Thomas, Fermin Zubiaur, Baltazar Servin Vargas
2nd Meeting of European Academy of ORL-HNS & CE ORN-HNS - European Academy of ORL and Head & Neck Surgery (EAORL-HNS) The European Academy of otolaryngology hosted a lovely spring meeting in Nice, France. The laryngology sessions were excellent with an outstanding faculty dinner at Hotel Negresco. I enjoyed all of the new ideas discussed both in the lectures and in the hallways.
This is a lecture outline for a talk I am giving on 2013-02-28 in Nice, France at the CEORL conference. High-definition Laryngology is using high and low technology to optimally visualize pathology of the vocal cords and larynx. There are two components to Imaging which can be divided into high technology and low technology.
I had a chance for one week (June 2012) to compare the Pentax high definition flexible chip laryngoscope - VNL-1590STi (which I have used for one year) with the Olympus high-definition flexible chip laryngoscope - ENF-VH, which came out in late 2011. The Pentax scope has been available for a longer period of time. My overall impression is at the bottom of this review.