Posts by Ralph B. Metson, MD
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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Has Long-term Benefit on Quality of Life
Mass Eye and Ear rhinologists Ralph Metson, MD, and George Scangas, MD, of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, found that improved quality of life after endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis is sustained for at least five years.
Biography
Dr. Ralph Metson is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in rhinology (sinus and nasal disorders) and sinus surgery. Board-certified in otolaryngology, he has more than 30 years of dedicated experience in treating advanced, unusual, or difficult-to-treat sinus conditions.
Dr. Metson has extensive experience with minimally invasive endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as comprehensive medical management of sinus disease.
Mass Eye and Ear/Mass General Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, Mass Eye and Ear/Massachusetts General Hospital combines the expertise of highly specialized ear, nose, and throat physicians, audiologists, speech-language pathologists and auxiliary health care professionals to provide care for patients with problems affecting the ear, nose, throat, head and neck areas. The department, which is led by Chief and Chair Mark A. Varvares, MD, FACS, is one of the largest otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (OHNS) departments in the country, with more than 70 physicians staffed at 15 locations in the greater Boston area.
