Richard (Wei Chern) Gan

ENT Consultant

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

Chronic rhinosinusitis update

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus

There is still a lack of awareness of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) despite its burden, calling for events such as the recent Global Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP) Awareness Day. Research findings from recent publications by Backaert et al have...

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Transverse venous sinus stenosis – a risk factor for CSF leak in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Skull Base Surgery

This was a multicentre (six French tertiary hospitals) retrospective case-controlled study aiming to investigate the rate of transverse venous sinus stenosis (TVSS) in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with nasal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. They compared the preoperative MRI...

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Does middle turbinate resection affect olfaction in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery | endoscopic endonasal approach, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, middle turbinate resection, olfaction

The middle turbinates (MT) are sometimes partially resected during endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery to improve surgical access. Some outfracture the middle turbinates instead. This article presents results of the first prospective randomised study, investigating the effects of such surgery...