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Adenotonsillectomy day-case discharge criteria: a systematic review

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | adenoidectomy, adenotonsillectomy, obstructive sleep apnoea, paediatric, tonsillectomy
In this paper, Gowda et al review the literature aiming to answer a long-standing question regarding the criteria for same-day discharge of paediatric patients post adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy performed for treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Following PRISMA consensus, they...

Quick and valid: a new measure of aphasia

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, conversation, evaluation, participation, quality of life, severity
Aphasia can be caused by a stroke, brain injury or dementia. It is defined as a language disorder that impacts the domains of speaking, understanding, reading and writing. Given the impact on quality of life and conversation, there is a...

Reasons for attending annual hearing aid review appointments

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery | ATHA, Hearing aid, IOI-HA, appointment attendance, funding source, travel
The aim of this study was to investigate what factors influence hearing aid users’ decision to attend or not attend an annual hearing aid review (HAR) appointment. Two separate surveys were created for attendees and non-attendees. An invitation letter was...
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SNOT-25 to assess CRS - a new tool

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | 25-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test, absenteeism, clinimetric validity, disease burden, presenteeism, productivity, psychometric validity, quality of life;, rhinosinusitis, sino-nasal
The SNOT-22 is a well-established validated instrument, designed to evaluate the rhinosinusitis-specific health status and health-related QOL, however makes only one broad reference to productivity. The objective of this paper is to evaluate a modified SNOT-25 created to better assess...

Laryngeal cleft in a 66-year-old man!

1 January 2019 | | Congenital malformation, Laryngo-trahcheo-esophageal cleft, Larynx
This is a fascinating case report of a 66-year-old man who presented with a carcinoma of the piriform sinus. During chemoradiotherapy, he developed dyspnoea, dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia. His chemoradiotherapy was stopped and he underwent a pharygnolaryngectomy. When the surgical...

A song for my future self

8 January 2024 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | aphasia, identity, interdisciplinary, qualitative, storytelling, stroke
People with aphasia experience a loss of friendships and social networks and, with this, a loss of identity. Interventions targeting participation, social and emotional wellbeing for people with aphasia have received more attention in the research literature. Storytelling is a...

Blood type and epistaxis

1 January 2017 | | Epistaxis, idiopathic, O blood group, risk factor, Turkish population
In this Turkish study, the authors attempted to determine if there was an association between ABO blood type and epistaxis. They looked at 359 epistaxis admissions at the same hospital over a three-year period. Only patients with idiopathic epistaxis were...
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Organoids in otolaryngology

4 March 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | 3D tissue model, Organoids, Otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, Stem cells, Tumor prediction model
This interesting review article summarises the status as well as future prospects of organoid technology in our field. Organoids are a mass of cells which are typically cultured in vitro with 3D technology. They simulate miniature tissues and organs and...

Facial Landmark localisation by curvature maps and profile analysis

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Head & Neck
The detection of three dimensional (3D) landmarks by scanning surfaces is a well established method in medical science. Anatomical landmarks are visually or palpably detectable and act as reference points for clinical measurements. When measuring these landmarks with a sliding...

The Patrick (Pat) Bradley Scholarship

24 September 2024
The inaugural Patrick (Pat) Bradley Trainee Scholarship was launched at the recent regional East Midlands Cadaveric Dissection Course. Alex Charlton, an ST7 registrar on the East Midlands rotation will be the first recipient of this prestigious award.

From the editor SepOct 2021

3 September 2021 |
As the pandemic evolves, the world seems to be divided into those countries that are fortunate enough to have good vaccine coverage and, hence, are able to open up their societies; and those who do not have an adequate vaccine roll-out and are having to live with significant restrictions or high levels of prevalent disease.

ENT In this issue...Robotics in Head and Neck Surgery

4 November 2021
Robotic surgery is here to stay. Within the specialty of otolaryngology, robotics has made headway across all of the subspecialties, although some advances may still be at the pre-clinical stage. The clinical applications are most acutely evident in the practice of head and neck cancer surgery, specifically transoral robotic surgery (TORS).