Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
Manuscripts are subjected to iThenticate® plagiarism detection software and reviewed by editors and other experts in the field and may be proofread, content- and form- edited and returned for revision. Manuscripts are subjected to a double blinded external peer-review process, guided by the “Responsibilities and Rights of Peer Reviewers” contained in the Editorial Policy Statements Approved by the Council of Science Editors Board of Directors available from: https://www. councilscienceeditors.org/. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality about the manuscripts and should not use data from such manuscripts or share such data with colleagues before they are published. Reviewers must not reproduce the manuscript for any purpose or use the peer review process as a means to further their own research aims, by requiring authors to respond to questions that are of interest to the reviewer but are not questions the study was designed to answer. Reviewers should refrain from suggesting their own published work be referenced.
Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
Editor
José Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., MA, MD
Manila, PHILIPPINES
Associate Editors
Christopher Malorre E. Calaquian, MD
Muntinlupa City, PHILIPPINES
Ryner Jose D. Carrillo, MD, MSc
Taguig City, PHILIPPINES
Samantha R. Soriano-Castañeda, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES
Antonio H. Chua, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Rhodora A. del Rosario-Ocampo, MD, MPH
Los Baños, Laguna, PHILIPPINES
Rodante A. Roldan, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Marifee U. Reyes, MD
Naga City, Camarines Sur, PHILIPPINES
Filipina T. Cevallos-Schnabel, MD, MPH
Manchester, Tennessee, USA
Peter George J. Tian, MD, MPH, MSc
Alberta, CANADA
Managing Editor
Erasmo Gonzalo dV. Llanes, MD
Pasig 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, PhD
Malolos, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES
Jose Angelito U. Hardillo, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The NETHERLANDS
KJ Lee, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Editorial Assistant
April Christine E. Dagame
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Founded in 1981
ISSN 1908 4889 (Print)
ISSN 2094 1501 (Online)
The Philipp J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg is indexed on the Health Research and Development Network (HERDIN-NeON) available at http://pjohns.herdin.ph/ supported by the Philippine Council for Health Research Development, Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD-DOST); the ASEAN Citation Index available at https://www.asean-cites.org/index.php?r=journal%2Fpublic-view&id=618 ; the Asia Pacific Medical Journal Articles Central Archives (APAMED Central) available at https://apamedcentral.org/search.php?where=jvolume&id=11&code=0011PJOHNS ; and the WesternPacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM) available at http://www.wprim.org/ of the World Health Organization (WHO).
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, Inc.
No. 27 Manga Road
Bgy.Kaunlaran
Quezon City 1111
Philippines
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License