Journal Reviews

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Virtual reality surgical simulation for the temporal bone

3 March 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery | Educational issue, skills development, surgical simulation, temporal bone anatomy, virtual reality

This prospective study looked at 15 otorhinolaryngology residents in Belgium to see if using the VOXEL-MAN Tempo surgical simulator system improved their understanding of temporal bone radiological anatomy. As a secondary aim, they also assessed whether there was any improvement...

A global survey of tracheostomy healthcare provision and patient participation: requirements for improvement

1 September 2019 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | Medical, Education, Patient Participation, Quality Improvement, Tracheostomy

Patients with tracheostomy require comprehensive care which should begin in the preoperative phase and go through immediate postoperative and discharge phases with patient involvement as well. The authors assessed this with a multicentre, cross-sectional survey using a mailing list held...

Oral hygiene and its interaction with standard of education on the risk of oral cancer in women

1 July 2017 | | Oral cancer, Oral hygiene, Educational level, Females, Case-control study

Oral cancer in women has an increasing incidence in China, although the majority of Chinese women don’t smoke or drink alcohol. Poor oral hygiene has been shown in previous studies to be a risk factor in the development of oral...

Microsurgical trainees to avoid strenuous exercises?

1 May 2017 | | Education, Microsurgery

It is commonly believed among microsurgeons that over-exertion can impair microsurgical performance. The authors aimed to investigate if they could prove this theory and compared the performance of medical students, postgraduate trainees and expert controls who were microsurgery tutors. A...

Can junior doctors provide immediate help in airway and other ENT emergencies?

1 September 2016 | | Accident and Emergency Department, Education, Otolaryngology

In the present trends for centralisation of ENT emergency services, availability of immediate middle grade or senior help in acute ENT emergencies does not always exist on site and hence the role of junior doctors in handling this is enhanced...

Does teaching affect patient satisfaction?

1 January 2016 | | Medical Education, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Satisfaction, Physical Examination, Undergraduate

Teaching practice on real patients has several advantages in terms of lower costs and genuine clinical material but it is often a concern that using real patients for undergraduate teaching may result in patient dissatisfaction and many patients would prefer...