Journal Reviews

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How effective are our two-week-wait guidelines in picking up head and neck cancer?

7 January 2020 | | Head and Neck, Otology | Alcohol Consumption, Ear, Guideline, Head And Neck Cancer, Human Papilloma Virus, Larynx, Mouth, Nose, Pharynx, Radiation, Referral, Risk Factors, Smoking, Thyroid

With a 30% increase in the incidence of head and neck cancer since 1999 in the UK, it is important that the two-week wait referral guidelines safely encompass all risk factors but also render these urgent referrals based on signs...

The relevance of rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty from the commissioners

1 March 2019 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Delivery Of Health Care, England, Nose, Rhinoplasty, Surveys And Questionnaires

The rising costs of running the National Health Service and its overburdened resources has led to the constant monitoring of the low clinical value treatments. The operations of rhinoplasty and septorhinoplasty inevitably fall into this group and are subject to...

Merocel vs Cutanplast Anal packing

1 September 2018 | | Absorbable, Biocompatible materials, Gelatin sponge, Nose, Pain, Polyvinyl acetate, Postoperative care, Septoplasty

This study compared two different nasal dressings after septoplasty. Seventy-six patients acted as their own controls by having one nostril packed with Merocel and one nostril somewhat improbably with Cutanplast Anal (gelatin sponge). It seems that the gelatin sponge was...