March 20, 2016
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“Achondroplasia has a variety of head and neck manifestations. The otolaryngologic complications include respiratory manifestations as a result of upper airway obstruction and frequent otitis media which may be accompanied by hearing loss and delayed speech”. Bilateral Ossiculoplasty in 1 Case … Continue reading
July 12, 2014
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The last few days have been hard for Clara. Last weekend, she had to deal with a high fever with gastritis for a couple of days. Two days later, her left ear (once again) released a large amount of effusion. … Continue reading
May 18, 2014
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I have found an extremely interesting article that can be potentially very useful for otorhinolaryngology doctors that are following achondroplasic patients. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936547/ This article was published in December 2013, by Jongyoon Jung, Chulwon Yang, Sunkyu Lee and June Choi, all … Continue reading
April 28, 2014
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This last couple weeks have been intense, filled with new challenges. Clara started to take her first steps alone! She also had another sleep study (the fourth) and the report was unacceptably inconclusive (and I will address this theme here soon). … Continue reading
March 30, 2014
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Clara loves to be inside water. But since she has tubes in both ears (now she is on her second set, this time T-tubes to last more time) we, parents, never felt confidant enough to let her inside water and … Continue reading