Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

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Are there any benefits of postoperative antibiotics after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumours?

5 January 2022 | | Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | Antibiotics, Pituitary adenoma, Pituitary surgery, Quality of life, Sinusitis

This prospective randomised double-blind multicentre study evaluated whether postoperative antibiotics resulted in improvement in sinonasal quality of life (QoL) compared to placebo in patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery. A total of 461 patients were screened for the study...

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Endovascular therapies for venous tinnitus

5 January 2022 | | Neurotology, Otology | Endovascular treatment, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Lateral sinus stenosis, Venous pulsatile tinnitus

Tinnitus is an extremely vexing issue, not only for patients but also for otolaryngologists. The authors of this article review the causes of venous tinnitus, such as increased intracranial hypertension (IIH), dural venous sinus thrombosis and age-related anatomic variants. They...

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Surgery safety checklists

5 November 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology | Neurosurgery, Quality improvement, Surgical checklist, Surgical safety pause, Time-outs

The time-outs were based on pre-flight checklists adopted by airline pilots and were instituted in all accredited hospitals and ambulatory care centres in the United States in 2003. The guidelines originate from general surgery and are not specific for the...