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Do we need to intervene after complications of acute sinusitis in children?

1 November 2014 | | Paediatric ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
omplications of acute sinusitis in children are not uncommon and some are managed surgically. The authors of this paper reviewed their experience of subsequent chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Nine of 86 patients required surgery in the 12 months after their initial...

Tranexamic acid and blood loss in bimaxillary surgery

1 September 2018 | | blood loss in bimaxillary surgery, orthognathic surgery, tranexamic acid
This is a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial from Thailand to clarify the most effective dose of Tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss during a bimaxillary osteotomy. They confirmed that the dose of 10mg per kg is the most efficacious and...

Power tools dance off

6 October 2017 | | Harmonic scalpel, Modified neck dissection, Oral squamous cell carcinoma, Intraoperative blood loss, Operative time, Postoperative hospital stay, Randomised clinical trial
The use of the harmonic scalpel is popular with some head and neck surgeons. This study looked at selective neck dissections for 40 patients with oral cavity carcinoma. They were randomised into harmonic scalpel (HS) use and monopolar electrocautery. The...

Prognostic factors for myringoplasty

1 March 2016 | | Adenoid hypertrophy, Cartilage, Fascia, Graft, Tympanoplasty
This retrospective study looked at the factors that were associated with a higher success rate for tympanic membrane perforation closure. The authors looked at 247 procedures. They compared the results of temporalis fascia versus tragal cartilage. The cartilage grafts had...

Standards for Safe Listening – how they align and how some differ

19 May 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The ‘Make Listening Safe workgroup’ is an initiative of The World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the World Hearing Forum and is committed to creating a world where nobody’s hearing is put in danger due to unsafe listening....

In conversation with Professor Paul J Donald

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery
Prof Paul J Donald has recently stepped down as Chairman of the ORL-HN Department at UC Davis in Sacramento and is winding down to retirement. In this interview with Prof Pat Bradley, Prof Donald explains some of the highlights of...

Leadership in academia

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
I went into medicine with the clichéd view of wanting to help people. I found that by doing surgery I could help a small number of people, albeit usually to a large effect. Then, I recognised that by engaging in...

Innovation in medical product technologies

2 November 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
There is a point in all innovation projects where the clinician has exhausted their knowledge and needs expert help to create a prototype. Mark Prince, Design Engineer, discusses this phase of the project and how engineers’ analytical thinking brings a...

Audiology training in South Africa

1 May 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
There are many different ways to become an audiologist throughout the world and it is interesting to see how different some of the training routes can be. Dr Cherilee Rutherford, a lecturer in audiology at the University of Cape Town,...

Making sense of modern wireless hearing aid technologies

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Before diving into the topic of the technology behind wireless hearing aids, it is important to define two key concepts. The first is wireless frequency. This is the frequency at which a wireless signal is transmitted. In the context of...

How can we understand autism and autistic children better?

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Andrew Whitehouse draws on his years of experience working with neurodiverse people to give a fantastic insight into the world of autism, as well as suggesting some simple strategies clinicians can use to improve communication with autistic people. How can...

A new approach to workplace hearing conservation

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The traditional approach to managing workplace noise has failed - how can we better protect our nation’s hearing using smart hearing protection? Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) is the most common occupational health condition in the world and the most...