Vol. 22 Nos. 1-2 January to December 2007

2. President’s Page
3. Captoons
4. Passages

• Abelardo B. Perez, MD
• Napoleon C. Ejercito, MD
• Manuel G. Lim, MD

Editor

Jose Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., MA, MD
Manila, PHILIPPINES

Associate Editors

Christopher Malorre E. Calaquian, MD
Muntinlupa City, PHILIPPINES

Ryner Jose C. Carrillo, MD, MSc
Manila, PHILIPPINES

Samantha R. Soriano-Castaneda, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

Erasmo Gonzalo dV. Llanes, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

Rhodora A. del Rosario-Ocampo, MD
Los Baños, Laguna, PHILIPPINES

Marifee U. Reyes, MD
Naga City, Camarines Sur, PHILIPPINES

Filipina T. Cevallos-Schabel, MD, MPH
Manchester, Tennessee, USA

Peter George J. Tian, MD, MPH
Alberta, CANADA

Managing Editor

Antonio H. Chua, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES

Editorial Advisory Board

Jose M. Acuin, MD, MSc
Las Piñas City, PHILIPPINES

Robert G. Berkowitz, MBBS, MD
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Charlotte M. Chiong, MD
Malolos, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES

Jose Angelito U. Hardillo, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The NETHERLANDS

Rudolf Häusler, MD
Berne, SWITZERLAND
KJ Lee, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Editorial Assistant

Rowena C. Saplala, BS
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

EDITORIAL
Rhetoric and Reality: Nomenclature and Notoriety,
Lapeña JF
 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Intranasal Corticosteroids for the Medical Management of Nasal Polyps in Adults: a Meta-Analysis
  Almazan-Aguilar NA

• The Philippine National Ear Institute: Patient and Audiologic Profiles
  Santos-Cortez RLP, Chiong CM, San Agustin MLM, Elgar CMC, Gimena GLM, Ibrahim SC, Roldan RA, Reyes-Quintos MRT, Chan AL, Abes GT

• Otoscopic and Audiologic Findings in an Ati Community in Boracay
  Reyes-Quintos MRT, Santos-Cortez RLP, Tantoco MLC,Roldan RA, Fellizar KR, Dalizay-Cruz MAM, Abes GT, Chiong CM
  

 
CASE REPORTS 

• Pediculated Mucosal Flap of the Uvula: an Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough in an Adult
  Enoz M

• Intravascular Lymphoma of the Inferior Turbinate: An Unusual Rhinologic Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
   Lingan MB, Roasa FV

SURGICAL INNOVATION AND INSTRUMENTATION

Self-Retaining Harpoon Tympanostomy Tube with Applicator
Aguila KP

Laryngeal “Tiririt” Bridge: for Microlaryngeal Surgery Shake
Lavarias BP, Bagnes AB, Vicente GM

 
FEATURED GRAND ROUNDS

Rhinophyma
Santiago SS
 

FROM THE VIEWBOX

The Spectrum of Ossifying Fibroma
Cañal JA
 

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Sinonasal Teratoid Carcinosarcoma
Carnate JM

PRACTICE PEARLS

Nasal Saline Lavage: Pearls and Perils
Hernandez JG