Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 159
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the field of ENT/head and neck surgery has experienced considerable changes regarding the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to many diseases thanks to outstanding pharmacological and technological progress. For example, advances in the field of imaging are refining the diagnostic power of multiparametric MRI, as well as supporting the wider use of choline PET. The recently introduced biologic therapy for recurrent nasal polyposis is transforming its therapeutic paradigm, which has long been limited to surgery and systemic corticosteroids; correspondingly, monoclonal antibodies for specific oncological pathways represent an additional method that can be incorporated into the management of head and neck malignancies. New technologies are also improving surgical approaches, such as parathyroid autofluorescence detection for thyroid surgery, indocyanine green video angiography for the evaluation of flap vascularization, and robotically or exoscopically assisted procedures for tailored dissection. These radical changes represent exciting advancements for clinicians, but also highlight the importance of continuously updating our knowledge on the biological pathways of certain diseases and mastering the use of new technologies in the surgical theatre.
The aim of the present Special Issue is therefore to provide an overview of current developments in the head and neck field, with a particular focus on the most promising future perspectives.
Original research articles and reviews are particularly welcome. Case reports/series (preferably with literature reviews of previous cases), authors’ viewpoints, and other types of papers will be considered only if related to the original use of technologies/molecules/surgical techniques or if they discuss topics that could not be better investigated through reviews.
Dr. Stefano Bondi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- head and neck surgery
- ENT
- diagnostic issues
- technological advancement
- surgical technique
- molecular target
- tailored medicine
