HeadWay Fall 2010
COLLABORATIONS LEAD TO INNOVATION
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The thyroid and parathyroid surgery team is performing transaxillary operations that leave no scar on patients’ necks.
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The thyroid and parathyroid surgery team is performing transaxillary operations that leave no scar on patients’ necks.
Articles in this Issue
Cover story
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Close teamwork between Johns Hopkins thyroid and parathyroid physicians helps them tackle especially difficult procedures.
Innovation
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A Johns Hopkins head and neck surgeon has developed a new way to access skull base tumors by going through the crease of the eyelid.
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Maxillofacial prosthetic devices can heal patients' emotional and physical scars after ablative cancer surgery.
Head and Neck Cancer
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Patients diagnosed with HPV-associated head and neck malignancies do not fit the typical needs of head and neck cancer patients.
Otology
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Otologist Matthew Stewart specializes in placing osteointegrated hearing devices, which take advantage of sound's ability to travel through the skull.

