Richard (Wei Chern) Gan

ENT Consultant

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

What to do with incidental findings on FDG PET/CT?

1 July 2018 | | CT, PET, PET/CT, findings, head and neck cancer, imaging, incidental

18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is commonly used in head and neck cancer staging. This investigation frequently identifies incidental findings unrelated to the index head and neck cancer. To assess the nature of these incidental findings, notes of...

Preoperative CT checklist (using the ‘CLOSE’ mnemonic) improves identification of anatomical variants for endoscopic sinus surgery

1 July 2018 | | CLOSE criteria, ESS, checklist, preoperative evaluation, resident training, sinus CT, sinus surger

Computed tomography (CT) scans of the paranasal sinuses act as roadmaps for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) and careful inspection preoperatively warns the operating surgeon of critical anatomical variants. This study aimed to investigate if implementation of a pre-ESS CT checklist...

Is medical therapy without surgical treatment sufficient in treating peritonsillar abscess?

1 July 2018 | | ceftriaxone, clindamycin, complications, dexamethasone, failure, medical therapy, peritonsillar abscess, success, surgical therapy

Standard treatment of peritonsillar abscess (PTA) has typically involved both medical therapy and surgical drainage either in the form of needle aspiration, or incision and drainage. However, is medical without surgical treatment sufficient? The authors suggest that medical therapy without...