The Laryngology Brief is a monthly digest for laryngologists. Each issue selects recent publications from a set of core journals in the field and presents them with short editorial commentary: what the study found, and why it matters for practice.
The field publishes faster than any clinician can read. The Brief exists to make that manageable. Every month it reviews recent papers from roughly ten major journals in laryngology and voice, selects the ones worth a working clinician's attention, and summarises each with a brief editorial note that puts the finding in context. It is written for peers, so it is concise and technical, and it assumes the reader knows the field.
The Brief is editorial, not comprehensive. It reflects a considered selection rather than an exhaustive index, and it says so.
Practising laryngologists, voice fellows, and academic otolaryngologists who want a reliable monthly filter on the literature. It is one of the ways the institute stays connected to the international community of the field, and it carries the institute's academic voice.
Every month the editor scans the laryngology literature across a core journal set and selects the handful of papers that deserve a working clinician's attention. Each featured paper comes with a short summary of its design and numbers, followed by the editor's own reading: why it matters at the bedside or in the office, where the data is solid, and where one would hold back.
Associate Professor Necati Enver, laryngologist and academic. Laryngology fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Weill Cornell and Columbia). Board and Media Committee roles at the European Laryngological Society. Director of Istanbul Voice Center, an independent subspecialty institute dedicated to voice and swallowing. Read his biography and publications.
The Brief has been published monthly since June 2026. Past issues are listed in the archive, most recent first, each openly readable.