Journal Reviews

Core biopsies are good enough for lymphomas

1 July 2021 | | Head and Neck | Lymphoma, diagnostic efficacy, head and neck cancer, lymphoma diagnosis, ultrasound-guided core biopsy

This paper, from the South of England, has reviewed ultrasound-guided core needle biopsies over a six-year period investigating the use of the detection of head and neck lymphomas. There were 367 samples included from 226 patients; 215 of the 226...

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Prevention better than cure?

2 November 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus | allergic rhinitis, barrier protection measures, efficacy, therapy

This systematic review looks at methods of ‘barrier protection’ or ‘barrier-enforcing’ to minimise allergic rhinitis symptoms, using 15 RCTs. Whilst the authors admit that patient numbers were small in a number of these studies, generally it seems that barrier techniques...

Balloon compared to FESS – long-term patient satisfaction

1 July 2018 | | Balloon sinuplasty, chronic rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery, long-term efficacy, satisfaction

Balloon compared to FESS – long-term patient satisfaction This paper is the first controlled study of balloon sinoplasty’s long-term efficacy, with a follow-up extending over five years. There were 208 patients analysed and 88 recruited. Exclusions were nasal polyps grade...