Richard (Wei Chern) Gan

ENT Skull Base Fellow

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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Laryngeal evaluation during COVID-19 using transcervical ultrasonography

9 September 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, coronavirus, laryngeal evaluation, laryngeal ultrasound, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord paresis

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors highlight their protocol of transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography as an alternative to flexible fibreoptic laryngoscopy when appropriate. This is to reduce the risk of aerosolisation posed by laryngoscopy. Ultrasonography is a rapid, non-invasive...

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The association between pregnancy and otosclerosis could be due to psychosocial factors around parenthood rather than biological factors

7 July 2020 | | Otology | otosclerosis, pregnancy, stapedectomy, claims data

The association between pregnancy and otosclerosis is controversial. If pregnancy physiologically increases the likelihood of otosclerosis progression, then one would expect that there would be a difference between male and female patients with regards to whether having children affects how...

Intraoperative identification of primary tumours in unknown primary head and neck cancer using transoral laser microsurgery with frozen sections

30 April 2020 | | Head and Neck | head and neck cancer, intraoperative margin assessment, squamous cell carcinoma, transoral laser microsurgery, unknown primary tumor

The aim of the study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of intraoperative identification of primary tumours in patients with unknown primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (UP HNSCC) using transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) with frozen sections, with...