About Dr. Rande Lazar

Dr. Rande Lazar is the founder of Otolaryngology Consultants, an ear, nose and throat practice located in Memphis, TN, and is also an experienced Memphis-based Otolaryngologist and surgeon himself. Dr. Lazar specializes in pediatric ear infections, throat infections, tonsil infections, sinus infections and sleep disorders. He also treats children’s larynx (voice box) and hearing disorders. Along with these, Dr. Rande Lazar also has many years of experience in pediatric and adult sleep and snoring disorders, respiratory disorders, and a vast range of other head and neck problems.

For more information about Dr. Rande Lazar, please contact Otolaryngology Consultants of Memphis.

Dr. Rande Lazar is an Otolaryngologist located in Memphis, TN. His practice, Otolaryngology Consultants, specializes in ear, nose, and throat disorders. Though his primary focus is children, he treats adult patients as well. Dr. Rande Lazar has experience in many areas of otolaryngology, including treatment for sinus infections, respiratory infections, tonsil infections, ear infections, throat infections, and sleep disorders. He also has experience in pediatric hearing and larynx (voice box) problems, as well as many other problems affecting the head and neck. Dr. Lazar is also a skilled surgeon for both pediatric and adult sleep and sinus disorders.

Contact Dr. Lazar if you have any questions about ear, nose and throat disorders at Otolaryngology Consultants of Memphis.

Article Abstract:

Sinusitis complicates approximately 5% to 10% of upper respiratory tract infections in children. As the importance of pediatric sinusitis has increased, increasing attention has focused on bony anatomic variations as etiologic factors. One of these is concha bullosa, which has an incidence of between 5% and 30% and is usually found bilaterally.

Read the full article as a PDF here: Endoscopic Treatment of Concha Bullosa in Children

Dr. Rande Lazar is the founder of Otolaryngology Consultants, the Memphis-based pediatric ear, nose and throat practice.

Dr. Rande Lazar is a Memphis Otolaryngologist with a primary focus in pediatric ear, nose and throat disorders, including ear, throat, tonsil and siuus infections, as well as sleep disorders. Dr. Rande Lazar not only works with children, but also has special expertise in adult and pediatric sleep and snoring disorders and surgery, as well as adult and pediatric sinus disorders. Dr. Rande Lazar is experienced in a wide range of disorders of the ear, nose, throat, sinus, respiratory system and the other head and neck systems, as well as children’s disorders of the larynx (voicebox), and hearing problems.

Dr. Rande Lazar is the founder of Memphis’ premier ear, nose, and throat practice, Otolaryngology Consultants.

Article Abstract:

The paranasal sinuses are common sites of infection in children. The diagnosis of sinusitis may be challenging because the sinus cavities are small and variably contoured, the clinical manifestations are often nonspecific, and the radiologic findings may be equivocal. Because many local and systemic factors contribute to sinusitis in children, the therapeutic regimens vary. In addition to conventional medical approaches, new surgical procedures and improved anesthetic techniques have made functional endonasal sinus surgery an excellent management tool for selected patients with chronic or recurrent disease.

Read the full article as a PDF here: The Current Management of Sinusitis in Children

If your child is suffering from chronic sinusitis, please contact Dr. Rande Lazar at his practice.

Dr. Rande Lazar is the founder of Otolaryngology Consultants, an ear, nose and throat practice located in Memphis, TN. Dr. Lazar is an experienced Memphis-based Otolaryngologist and surgeon who specializes in pediatric ear infections, throat infections, tonsil infections, sinus infections and sleep disorders. He treats children’s larynx (voice box) and hearing disorders. Dr. Rande Lazar has many years of experience in pediatric and adult sleep and snoring disorders, respiratory disorders, and a vast range of other head and neck problems.

Please contact Rande Lazar, MD at Otolaryngology Consultants if you have a child with chronic sinusitis or with other symptoms of concern.

Article Abstract:

Chronic sinusitis and recurrent acute sinusitis are relatively common clinical disorders in children. Chronic sinusitis describes signs and symptoms of sinusitis that persist longer than 3 months despite optimal medical therapy. In recurrent acute sinusitis, sufficient change has occurred in the anatomic structure of the infundibulum or in the efficacy of the mucociliary system to predispose the patient to recurrent bouts of sinusitis. In addition to the immediate discomfort of a about of sinusitis, the disease may exacerbate other conditions, such as asthma and otitis media, or lead to suppurative complications, such as orbital abscess or cavernous sinus thrombosis.

During the last decade, opinions have changed about the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic sinusitis. It had long been accepted that chronic sinusitis originated in the maxillary sinus and that removal of diseased mucosa by means of a Caldwell-Luc procedure or aeration of the sinus by antrostomy would reinstate the normal sinonasal condition. These concepts and practices were challenged by Messerklinger, who made it clear that the origin of sinusitis is the ostiomeatal complex. This region, which includes the uncinate process, the bulla ethmoidalis, the hiatus semilunaris, and the infundibulum, forms the dominant drainage system of the anterior ethmoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses.

The development of the rod-lens telescope and other effective instrumentation has enabled otolaryngologists to address disease in the ostiomeatal complex endoscopically. In 1989, Gross and Lazar described the successful use of functional endonasal sinus surgery (FESS) in treating children. Since then, its use and efficacy have been reported by many physicians, and the indications for the procedures have greatly expanded. In addition to treating chronic sinusitis, FESS is now used for the treatment of orbital complications such as subperiosteal abscesses, for dacryocystorhinostomy creation, for the repair of limited cranial defects, and for the removal of benign lesions.

This review delineates the current ideas about the development of the sinuses, the pathophysiology of sinusitis, and the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Read the full article as a PDF here: Sinusitis in Children: Current Management

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