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True Cut – a dramatic biopsy from the world of surgery

1 July 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
True Cut is a stage play that asks: “What happens when things go wrong in healthcare?” It brings the hidden world of the operating theatre onto the theatre stage. ENT surgeon, David Alderson, talks about how the play came about....

The ENT operating theatre viewed down the retrospectoscope

7 January 2021 | | ENTA-ENT
We learn much of our future by looking at our past; Douglas MacMillan provides us with a fascinating glimpse into his years as a junior doctor. The operating theatre was a somewhat alien environment in the late 1960s: theatre sisters...

An idiot’s guide to the Ministry of Health

1 January 2016 |
Neville Chamberlain on an ill-judged charm offensive. Now I like to consider myself a well brought up sort of chap, and was always taught never to bring up religion, politics or (heaven forfend!) a lady’s name at the dinner table....
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Patient-led wax and aural foreign body removal technology – is it safe?

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
As ENT and audiology professionals, wax impaction and aural foreign bodies are common presentations to our clinic that can cause significant distress to patients and can preclude diagnostic testing such as pure tone audiograms and tympanometry. We often advise patients...

The power of mentoring

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
What is a mentor, and what are the benefits for mentee and mentor? Emma Stapleton and Rohma Abrar, mentor and mentee respectively, explain. The term ‘mentor’ is derived from Homer’s Odyssey, in which the goddess Athena, disguised as Mentor, guides...

In conversation with Professor Claire Hopkins

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
There can be few ENT surgeons who have had such a pivotal role in the COVID pandemic as Claire Hopkins. She has been instrumental in changing the diagnostic criteria, and has been a frequent presence in the media, as Sean...

Minimally invasive techniques for benign salivary gland obstruction

13 June 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Salivary gland obstruction is a common condition – it is recognised by a complaint of intermittent meal-time swelling of the affected salivary gland and can be accompanied by recurrent infections. Imaging can identify the nature and location of an obstruction...

Near-miss in otolaryngology head and neck surgery

1 September 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
It is recommended by John Fenton that we as a specialty need to embrace the concept of, take responsibility for and learn from all near-miss events, rather than our traditional haphazard approach of an occasional educational anecdote or case report....

In conversation with Professor Michal Luntz

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Professor Michal Luntz is an Otologist and Cochlear Implant Surgeon, and Director of the Ear and Hearing Center in A.R.M, Assuta Tel Aviv, Israel. We caught up with her to hear about her life, her background, and her unique insight...