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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Sphenopalatine ganglion block in endoscopic sinus surgery reduces intra and post-operative morbidity

1 September 2019 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | adverse effect, bleeding, endoscopic sinus surgery, meta-analysis, postoperative pain, sphenopalatine ganglion block

The authors present results of a meta-analysis to investigate the role of sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB) in reducing postoperative pain in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). An electronic database search (Pubmed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Embase, and the Cochrane Register of Controlled...

Oral versus oral and intratympanic corticosteroid treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, Paediatric ENT | CHEER Network, practice guidelines, steroids, sudden sensorineural hearing loss

The 2012 American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) clinical practice guidelines on sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) have two statements that address steroid use. Statement eight indicates an option to offer corticosteroid as initial treatment for...

Food impaction in children is associated with eosinophilic oesophagitis

1 January 2019 | | Neurotology | dysphagia, eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal food impaction, esophageal foreign bodies

There is an increasing amount of evidence to suggest that chronic oesophageal inflammation and motility disorders play a more significant role in oesophageal food impaction (EFI) in children compared to structural defects. The authors conducted a retrospective study of children...