Percutaneous fibre guided laser surgery of the endolarynx
7 January 2020
| Markus M Hess, Susanne Fleischer
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Occasionally, getting access to the larynx for an intervention can be challenging. Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe a novel way to perform laser treatment in such difficult instances. Fibre guided office-based endolaryngeal laser surgery has developed to be a...
Recurrent respiratory papilloma treatment in the office
1 September 2018
| Markus M Hess, Susanne Fleischer
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this interesting new article, Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe their technique for managing recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in an outpatient setting using channelled endoscopes. The recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) of the larynx is a chronic HPV-associated viral disease. Clinical...
Endoscopic arytenoid abduction lateropexy for bilateral vocal cord paralysis in neonates
1 July 2018
| Laszlo Rovo (Prof), Shahram Madani
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We are delighted to publish a further update on the use of the technique for vocal fold lateralisation in neonates from Laszlo Rovo and Shahram Madani, who have previously informed us of this new technique [1]. These cases are rare...
Botulinum toxin injection in spasmodic dysphonia
1 May 2018
| Yakubu Karagama
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Spasmodic dysphonia is a rare neurological voice disorder, which is often missed by the inexperienced ear. There is no laboratory test or investigation to diagnose this condition therefore, it is best diagnosed by listening to the patient’s voice. Laryngeal endoscopy...
Transnasal oesophagoscopy (TNO) and balloon dilatation under a local anaesthesia
1 March 2017
| Yakubu Karagama, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Many of us are becoming more and more familiar with the use of transnasal oesophagoscopy. It has a number of well-described uses in the outpatient setting and is well tolerated by our patients. Yakubu Karagama describes taking this technique a...
Selective upper airway stimulation
1 May 2016
| Clemens Heiser, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is one of the most common diseases in industrialised countries and is characterised by an intermittent obstruction of the upper airway during sleep. The standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which...
KTP laser in the office
1 March 2016
| Markus M Hess, Susanne Fleischer, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
KTP laser surgery offers a new way of selectively targeting microvasculature within laryngeal lesions and leaving normal surrounding tissues like epithelium and lamina propria intact – and thus preserving physiological phonation. This kind of selective photoangiolysis can be performed in...
Isshiki Thyroplasty Type 2
1 September 2015
| Yakubu Karagama, S Hiroshiba, M Tanabe, Nobuhiko Isshiki (Prof), Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Indication Adductor spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition of unknown aetiology. The symptoms are believed to be caused by involuntary contraction of the adductor muscles of the vocal cord as a result of an abnormality of neurotransmitters in the basal...
CO2 Laser Dohlmans: Does It Still Have A Role In Pharyngeal Pouch Management?
1 March 2015
| Kim Ah-See (Prof), Kenneth MacKenzie (Prof), Omar J Hilmi
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ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Background The commonest active management of a pharyngeal pouch is the division of the “interparty” wall using a stapling device [1, 2]. The technique is relatively straight forward to perform and theoretically should have less complications than other techniques such...
Reduction thyroplasty
1 November 2014
| Jenny Montgomery, Kim Ah-See (Prof), Kenneth MacKenzie (Prof)
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Introduction Male to female transgendered patients are referred to ENT for reduction thyroplasty – a procedure to reduce the external appearance of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, and feminisation of the voice. Reduction thyroplasty, often erroneously called ‘tracheal shave’,...
