Recognizing the clinician's need for quick access to a comprehensive and immediately useful presentation of evidence-based material, the authors and editors have condensed the research on the most common otorhinolaryngological complaints into this indispensable volume. Their unique approach color-codes the level of research backing each set of evidence in order to make assessment of the evidence as quick and useful as possible. Each clinical problem is presented with a "color key," letting the physician know the level of evidence available: green (high-level evidence), yellow (low-moderate levels of evidence), or red (major disagreement or only minimal low-level evidence). The content of each chapter is structured in the same manner so the reader quickly becomes accustomed to finding precisely the information needed for each new case.Featuring sections on general otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, pediatrics, and otology, Evidence-Based Otolaryngology not only presents the research, but gives the clinician immediately applicable recommendations for patient treatment.

to Evidence-Based Medicine, Levels of Evidence, and Systematic Reviews.- How to Use This Book.- English Translations of Statistical Terms, Study Designs, and Methods of Analysis.- Systematic Reviews in Pediatric Otolaryngology.- Pediatric Tonsillectomy.- Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Pediatric Recurrent Acute Otitis Media.- Pediatric Otitis Media with Effusion.- Pediatric Sinusitis.- Pediatric Cochlear Implantation.- Subglottic Stenosis.- Systematic Reviews in Otology.- Measuring Audiometric Outcomes.- Chronic Otitis Media.- Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- Cochlear Implantation.- Ménière Disease.- Tinnitus.- Bell¿s Palsy.- Perioperative Antibiotics for Otologic Surgery.- Systematic Reviews in General Otolaryngology.- Tonsillectomy in Adults.- Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults.- Allergic Rhinitis.- Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Adults.- Adult Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.- Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis.- Systematic Reviews in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery.- Survival Analysis.- Head and Neck Quality of Life Assessment and Outcomes Research.- Prophylaxis in Head and Neck Surgery.- Selective Neck Dissection for Upper Aerodigestive Tract Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Early-Stage Disease.- Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Advanced Disease.- Advanced Head and Neck Malignancy.- Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.