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Poliquin Resident Research Competition 2015

We are pleased to present the collection of papers that comprised the Poliquin Resident Research Competition that was held at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery in Winnipeg, Manitoba. All projects were showcased at the Annual Meeting and the submitted manuscripts have undergone rigorous peer review to be accepted for publication in Journal Otolarynoglogy - Head & Neck Surgery.

Any residents currently in a Canadian Otolaryngology-HNS training program is eligible to enter. The competition recognizes, in memoriam, Dr. Jacques Poliquin, who was a prominent otolaryngologist, researcher, and educator who fostered this competition in its formative years.

Publication charges for this collection were funded by Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. All articles have undergone the journal’s standard peer-review process.

View all collections in Journal of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

  1. Human papilloma virus (HPV) has been implicated in the development of a large proportion of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). Current techniques used to diagnose HPV etiology require histopatholog...

    Authors: Natasha Cohen, Michael Gupta, Lilian Doerwald-Munoz, Dan Jang, James Edward Massey Young, Stuart Archibald, Bernard Jackson, Jenny Lee and Max Chernesky
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2017 46:11
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  2. Many Canadians are affected by sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and those with severe or profound hearing loss may have poor hearing function despite optimized hearing aids. Cochlear implants (CI) offer effec...

    Authors: Gavin J. le Nobel, Euna Hwang, Adrian Wu, Sharon Cushing and Vincent Y. Lin
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2016 45:38
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  3. Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) often have to endure significant wait times for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). The pyschiatric impact of placement on a waitlist for ESS has not been explored.

    Authors: Gordon Fung-Zak Tsang, Carmen L. McKnight, Laura Minhui Kim and John M. Lee
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2016 45:36
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  4. Recent studies have examined the effects of brief electrical stimulation (BES) on nerve regeneration, with some suggesting that BES accelerates facial nerve recovery. However, the facial nerve outcome measurem...

    Authors: Adrian Mendez, Hadi Seikaly, Vincent L. Biron, Lin Fu Zhu and David W. J. Côté
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2016 45:7
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  5. Nasal obstruction is a common complaint seen by otolaryngologists. The internal nasal valve (INV) is typically the narrowest portion of the nasal cavity, and if this area collapses on inspiration the patient e...

    Authors: Bree Erickson, Robert Hurowitz, Caroline Jeffery, Khalid Ansari, Hamdy El Hakim, Erin D. Wright, Hadi Seikaly, Sam R. Greig and David W. J. Côté
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2016 45:2
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  6. Thyroid nodules are common but only a minority are malignant. Molecular testing can assist in helping determine whether indeterminate nodules are suspicious for malignancy or benign. The objective of the study...

    Authors: Mandeep S. Gill, Smriti Nayan, Linda Kocovski, Jean-Claude Cutz, Stuart D. Archibald, Bernard S. Jackson, James E. M. Young and Michael K. Gupta
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:52
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  7. Cholesteatoma are cyst-like structures lined with a matrix of differentiated squamous epithelium overlying connective tissue. Although epithelium normally exhibits self-limited growth, cholesteatoma matrix ero...

    Authors: Derrick R. Randall, Phillip S. Park and Justin K. Chau
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:50
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  8. Controversy regarding the usefulness of routine histopathological examination of bilateral nasal polyps removed during endoscopic sinus surgery to identify occult diagnoses still exists. There is a paucity of ...

    Authors: Jay SM Wong, Stephanie Hoffbauer, David H Yeh, Brian Rotenberg, Michael Gupta and Doron D Sommer
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:46
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Accurate pre-operative imaging of parathyroid adenomas (PAs) is essential for successful minimally invasive surgery; however, rates of non-localizing PAs can be as high as 18 %. Multiphasic dual-energy CT (DEC...

    Authors: Michael Roskies, Xiaoyang Liu, Michael P. Hier, Richard J. Payne, Alex Mlynarek, Veronique Forest, Mark Levental and Reza Forghani
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:44
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  10. Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a debilitating disease due in part to its effects on function, including speech, swallowing, and cosmesis. Previous studies regarding depression in HNC have focused on demographic...

    Authors: Brittany Barber, Jace Dergousoff, Margaret Nesbitt, Nicholas Mitchell, Jeffrey Harris, Daniel O’Connell, David Côté, Vincent Biron and Hadi Seikaly
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:38
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  11. The incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) has been rising in recent years. Given the clinical impact of HPV/p16 positivity in OPSCC, identifying surrogat...

    Authors: Jessica Clark, Caroline C. Jeffery, Han Zhang, Tim Cooper, Daniel A. O’Connell, Jeffrey Harris, Hadi Seikaly and Vincent L. Biron
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:37
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  12. Hypothyroidism following radiation therapy (RT) for treatment of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) is a common occurrence. Rates of hypothyroidism following RT for Early Stage Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ES-LS...

    Authors: Graeme B. Mulholland, Han Zhang, Nhu-Tram A. Nguyen, Nicholas Tkacyzk, Hadi Seikaly, Daniel O’Connell, Vincent L. Biron and Jeffrey R. Harris
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:34
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  13. Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is increasing in incidence. Fine needle aspiration is the gold standard for diagnosis, but results can be indeterminate. Identifying tissue and serum biomarkers, like microRNA, i...

    Authors: M. Elise R. Graham, Robert D. Hart, Susan Douglas, Fawaz M. Makki, Devanand Pinto, Angela L. Butler, Martin Bullock, Matthew H. Rigby, Jonathan R. B. Trites, S. Mark Taylor and Rama Singh
    Citation: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2015 44:33
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