Journal Reviews

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Virtual reality surgical simulation for the temporal bone

3 March 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, 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...

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A classification of a new cell - the retrosphenoid cell

7 July 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | anatomic variation, chronic rhinosinusitis, complications, computed tomography, endoscopy, sinus cells, sinus development, sinus surgery, sphenoid anatomy, sphenoid sinus

This is a concise paper which describes a previously undefined type of cell within the sphenoethmoidal complex. It identifies the retrosphenoid cell, differentiated from an Onodi cell by being entirely within the posterior wall of the sphenoid sinus, lying between...

Anatomy revision

1 October 2018 | | Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus | nasal anatomy, sinus anatomy, nasopharynx, pediatric anatomy, nose, sinus, maxillary sinus, nasal cavity

This article is well-received as an article that goes into appropriate length and depth regarding the embryology and subsequent growth of the paediatric nose (internal and external), nasopharynx and all of the individual sinuses. It has excellent line diagrams of...

Revising pinna embryology and anatomy

9 October 2017 | | Ear embryology, Ear anatomy

This forms an introductory article for a group of papers discussing the reconstruction of the pinna. It is a succinct yet adequately detailed article that all of us, at whatever stage of our careers should endeavour to read, as it...

Finding the elusive parathyroid glands

1 January 2017 | | Parathyroid glands anatomy, Recurrent laryngeal nerve, failed surgical explorations, Parathyroid gland embryology, ectopic locations, supernumerary glands

While reading in the literature about new advances in knowledge and surgical techniques, it is often easy to lose track of the longstanding knowledge that we all acquired during our training. This is why this article on the anatomy and...

What can the anterior cranial fossa fracture pattern tell us?

1 May 2016 | | anterior cranial fossa, applied anatomy, craniofacial trauma, fracture pattern, skull base fracture, skull base trauma

This assessment involves 81 patients treated between two regional major trauma centres in the UK. Fifty sustained a predominantly anterior directed force and 31 a lateral impact. They found that anterior impacts reduce the incidence of fracture propagated beyond the...

Cadaveric variation of nasolacrimal duct lateral nasal wall landmarks

1 March 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus | FESS, anatomy, bulla ethmoidalis, cadaver, lacrimal duct injury, maxillary line, middle turbinate, nasolacrimal duct, nose, uncinate process

Twenty mid-sagittal head sections of 10 fresh frozen cadavers were studied after removal of the nasal septum. This study showed that the most anterior projection of the middle turbinate head was noted to be anterior to the nasolacrimal duct in...