Ravi Thevasagayam is a consultant surgeon and clinical lead for ENT at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He is ENT lead for undergraduate medical student teaching at the University of Sheffield Medical School. He is also the Associate Secretary to the British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology (BAPO). He has an interest in airway surgery, drooling, sleep disordered breathing and inducible laryngeal obstruction/vocal cord dysfunction as well as general paediatric ENT.
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Prognostic factors for myringoplasty
This retrospective study looked at the factors that were associated with a higher success rate for tympanic membrane perforation closure. The authors looked at 247 procedures. They compared the results of temporalis fascia versus tragal cartilage. The cartilage grafts had...
Risk factors for post laryngectomy fistula
This is a meta-analysis looking at the postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula rates following total laryngectomy. The authors ended up with 34 studies with about 2500 patients. The most striking finding was that preoperative radiotherapy was a significant risk factor as well...
What’s the risk of regrowth with partial (intracapsular) tonsillectomy
Partial (intracapsular) tonsillectomy is enjoying somewhat of a revival offering the potential for less postoperative pain and bleeding whilst relieving the obstructive element. The authors look at 303 patients, 82 of whom had partial tonsillectomy using coblation. They measured pre...
