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LAWRENCE P. A. BURGESS, MD
Washington, DC

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118(9):901-903.

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Numbers in parentheses refer to the order in which each talk was given at the meeting.

The Triological Society presented its two major awards for distinguished theses of incoming fellows. Vanessa Schweitzer, MD, presented her Fowler Award–winning thesis discussing cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. In a series of experiments using guinea pigs, she demonstrated that phosphoric acid antibiotics (fosfomycin) and nonglucocorticoid 21-amino steroids reduced the amount of outer hair cell loss following cisplatin therapy. (15)

The Mosher Award was presented to Myles Pensak, MD, for his clinical study of the cavernous sinus. A thorough anatomic study of this complex region was presented, followed by implications for surgical approaches to mass lesions in a series of patients. (37)

Several interesting papers on tonsillectomy were presented. Professor Mario Andrea reported the use of the surgical microscope with a 300-mm lens in conjunction with bipolar cautery for tonsillectomy. Blunt, curved, bipolar forceps were used to dissect . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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