Joanna Stephens

Consultant Otolaryngologist

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

Latest Contribution

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An eye-opening resection technique

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery, Paediatric ENT, ENTA - Rhinoplasty | endoscopic sinus surgery, inverted papilloma, maxillary sinus, prelacrimal recess approach, surgical outcome

It is widely accepted that the gold standard treatment of inverted papilloma of the maxillary sinus (IPMS) is endoscopic excision via medical maxillectomy or mega antrostomy, and these approaches can be augmented by a Caldwell-Luc or canine fossa trephination if...

Balloons – more complicated than first thought?

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery | balloon sinuplasty, cerebrospinal fluid leak, chronic rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, pneumocephalus, sinus surgery, sinusitis

This study describes the complications seen after balloon sinuplasty (BSP) - a commonly performed procedure (particularly in the USA where it is often performed as an office procedure) versus traditional functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). The data source was a...

A novel way to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting

1 January 2019 | | complications, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, incidence, lidocaine, nausea, sphenopalatine ganglion block, vomiting

This is an interesting RCT which evaluates the prophylactic effect of bilateral endoscopic injection of local anaesthetic in the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). It has a robust design, and is sufficiently powered and blinded, with...