S. Gargula , M. Daval , M.-P. Tuset , V. Darrouzet , D. Ayache
{"title":"Burnout in ENT France: Update and risk factors; a STROBE analysis","authors":"S. Gargula , M. Daval , M.-P. Tuset , V. Darrouzet , D. Ayache","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Burnout can significantly impact practitioners and their co-workers, and hence patients. There are no data for the prevalence of burnout in French ENT specialists, or for associated risk factors.</div></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><div>A French national cross-sectional online survey was performed on the initiative of the ENT National Professional Council (CNPORL), contacting all ENT specialists whose e-mail address was known to the French Society of ENT, the National Professional Council or the National ENT Union. The 22-question Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was sent out, along with 16 extra questions on possible risk factors.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The study sought to assess the prevalence and severity of burnout, using the MBI, and to analyze risk factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among the 1936 physicians, 406 contacted responded to the questionnaire (21%). Mean age was 47<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->14 years (range, 25–77 years); 53% male, 47% female. 196 (48%) reported burnout, including 20 (5%) severe burnout. Independent risk factors for burnout of whatever severity, comprised social interaction issues, history of identified burnout, and medicolegal pressures. Social interaction issues were independently associated with specifically severe burnout.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Burnout affected almost half of respondents. There are identifiable risk factors, for which improvements could be implemented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 318-324"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Persistent headache in granulomatosis with polyangiitis","authors":"M. Fieux , P. Kiessling , M.T. Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 351-352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Goodbye, Hasta-luego, Ciao, Auf Wiedersehen, Zài jiàn, Au revoir!","authors":"O. Laccourreye","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 315-316"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141903297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Chabrillac , S. Vergez , B. Barry , F. Jegoux , B. Verillaud , N. Pham Dang , B. Baujat , N. Fakhry
{"title":"Post-treatment monitoring of salivary gland cancer: REFCOR recommendations by the formal consensus method","authors":"E. Chabrillac , S. Vergez , B. Barry , F. Jegoux , B. Verillaud , N. Pham Dang , B. Baujat , N. Fakhry","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2023.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2023.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the frequency and modality of post-treatment monitoring of primary salivary gland cancer.</div></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><div>The French Network of Rare Head and Neck Tumors (REFCOR) formed a steering group who drafted a narrative review of the literature published on Medline and proposed recommendations. The level of adherence to the recommendations was then assessed by a rating group, according to the formal consensus method.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Clinical monitoring should be adapted to the risk of recurrence: initially every 3 months and progressively spaced out, becoming annual after 5 years. Post-treatment head and neck and chest imaging is recommended at 3 months. Local and regional monitoring can then be carried out yearly or twice yearly with contrast-enhanced head and neck imaging. An annual chest CT scan is recommended for high-grade tumors. For lesions at high risk of late recurrence, very prolonged annual surveillance (up to 15 years) is recommended, including screening for pulmonary metastases.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Given the wide range of malignant salivary gland tumors, the modalities and frequency of post-treatment monitoring must be adapted to the expected course of the disease.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 339-341"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138463796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Pham Dang , F. Jegoux , B. Barry , B. Verillaud , B. Baujat , N. Fakhry , E. Chabrillac , S. Vergez
{"title":"Surgery of sublingual and minor salivary gland cancer: REFCOR recommendations by the formal consensus method","authors":"N. Pham Dang , F. Jegoux , B. Barry , B. Verillaud , B. Baujat , N. Fakhry , E. Chabrillac , S. Vergez","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2023.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2023.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the indications and modalities for resection in the management of primary sublingual and minor salivary gland cancer, and the specific features of each primary location.</div></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><div>The French Network of Rare Head and Neck Tumors (REFCOR) formed a steering group who drafted a narrative review of the literature published on Medline and proposed recommendations. The level of adherence to the recommendations was then assessed by a rating group, according to the formal consensus method.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Histological evidence (submucosal biopsy) is recommended before surgical treatment of minor salivary gland carcinoma. Surgical treatment is recommended, with optimal oncologic margins, adapted to anatomical factors, histologic type and grade and functional consequences, with reconstruction if necessary.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Treatment of primary minor salivary and sublingual gland cancer is surgical, with wide resection margins. The modalities of resection and reconstruction are highly dependent on tumor location, extension and histologic type.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 335-338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A bone in a tube","authors":"K. Al Tabaa , C. Leroy , B. Verillaud","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.04.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 353-354"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140898284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A letter to the editor: Okay, but what for?","authors":"O. Laccourreye , C. Righini","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Page 317"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social isolation and loneliness in laryngectomees","authors":"I. Brook","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Page 355"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. André , N. El Gani , E. Lescanne , L. Boullaud , D. Bakhos
{"title":"Outcomes at 6 months after isolated or non-isolated surgery for temporal bone cerebrospinal fluid leak in adults: A STROBE analysis","authors":"M. André , N. El Gani , E. Lescanne , L. Boullaud , D. Bakhos","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><div>The main aim of this study was to evaluate 6-month closure success in surgery for isolated or non-isolated temporal bone osteomeningeal breach (OMB). Secondary objectives were to analyze complications of closure and correlations between success and breach, treatment and patient data.</div></div><div><h3>Material and method</h3><div>This was a single-center retrospective observational study of patients who underwent surgery for temporal bone OMB via a middle cranial fossa or transmastoid approach in a French university teaching hospital between 2007 and 2022, with follow-up of at least 6<!--> <!-->months. Patients with superior semicircular canal dehiscence were excluded. Study data comprised gender, age, body mass index, OMB etiology, mode of discovery, audiometric and radiological data, surgical technique, length of hospital stay and postoperative complications. The primary endpoint was absence of a cerebrospinal fluid leak on MRI at 6<!--> <!-->months. Fisher's exact test or Chi<sup>2</sup> test were used for qualitative data and Student <em>t</em>-test for quantitative data.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The closure success rate was 87%: 81% (3 recurrences) in the middle cranial fossa group of 16 patients and 93% in the transmastoid group of 14 patients. Postoperative audiometry showed significant improvement (<em>P</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.0016) for air conduction in the middle cranial fossa group. Five patients (17%) operated on via the middle cranial fossa approach and 1 (7%) operated on via the transmastoid approach had postoperative complications. OMB was in the tegmen mastoideum in 8 patients (29%), tegmen tympani in 7 (25%), tegmen antri in 4 (14%), tegmina antri and tympani in 3 (11%), antri and mastoideum in 1 (8%) and in the whole tegmen in 5 (18%). Eleven OMBs were lateral to the superior semicircular canal, 13 medial and 4 on either side.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The transmastoid approach is indicated in case of associated middle-ear procedures, patients aged over 75<!--> <!-->years or OMB lateral to the superior semicircular canal. The middle cranial fossa approach is reserved for OMB located medial to the superior semicircular canal patients under 75<!--> <!-->years of age without associated ossicular procedures. For patients with OMB medial to the superior semicircular canal who require middle-ear surgery, a combined approach can be used.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 329-334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic radiologic changes in repeated barotraumatic frontal sinusitis: A CARE case report","authors":"K. Shenouda , S. Krystal , E. Racy , M. Veyrat","doi":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anorl.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div><span>Flight staff are at particular risk of iterative sinus barotrauma. We here report a case of barotraumatic atelectasic </span>frontal sinusitis<span> with dynamic radiologic change in frontal sinus volume.</span></div></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><div>A 46-year-old air pilot was referred for right frontal pain occurring at each landing. Two sinus CT scans were taken: one after a period of intense flying and the other after a month without flying. In the right frontal sinus, a type-3 Kuhn cell changed in volume from 6<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->11<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->12<!--> <!-->mm to 13<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->18<!--> <!-->×<!--> <!-->19<!--> <!-->mm. The alteration involved a modification in the medial wall, which was demineralized and changed position within the frontal sinus. Removal during endoscopic frontal sinusotomy allowed complete resolution of pain.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>This article reports radiologic change in a frontal sinus wall in a setting of repeated barotraumatic frontal sinusitis with a dynamic atelectasic component. In iterative barotrauma, we advocate imaging at different time points. When the ostial obstruction is identified, functional aeration surgery can be applied.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48834,"journal":{"name":"European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Diseases","volume":"141 6","pages":"Pages 342-344"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141428039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}