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From patient to performer
Peter Cawrey lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with his wife Dorothy. He had a salvage laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma in 2015, three years following his initial radiotherapy. Due to complications and a complex recovery, he has elected not to have...Intraoperative nerve monitoring: 2017
1 July 2017
| Gregory W Randolph (Prof), Dipti Kamani
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Having written the definitive text on laryngeal nerves, Gregory Randolph and Dipti Kamani describe the benefits of intraoperative neural monitoring and, importantly, how to proceed if the nerve is pathologically involved or there is loss of signal. Over the years,...
Vocal cord paralysis: an update
The management of unilateral vocal cord paralysis has changed in the last few years: this has largely come about as a result of improvements in technology, meaning that medialisations are quicker and easier to perform than previously. This article will...Continue Nasendoscopy Procedures, safely with the award-winning, single-use SNAP, Endoscope Guide
12 February 2021
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Research & Development, COVID-19
The SNAP, Endoscope Guide ensures safe passage of a Nasendoscope through a Surgical Mask.
Swallowing outcomes following partial laryngectomy: objective assessment and pre-operative predictive factors
1 November 2014
| George Garas
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, Otology, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Partial laryngectomy constitutes one of the treatments for early stage glottic carcinoma (i.e. T1N0 and T2N0) in specialised centres. Over the years, several partial laryngectomy and reconstruction techniques have been described in the literature. The choice of technique depends on...
Clinical Laryngology
1 March 2015
| Jaiganesh Manickavasagam
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
This book provides a comprehensive approach to clinical laryngology incorporating anatomical, physiological, pathological, functional and structural aspects of laryngology. All chapters are up to date and provide useful information, especially following chapters are very well written with lot of images,...
Antibiotic prophylaxis in otolaryngologic surgery. Less is better!
7 January 2020
| Shabbir Akhtar
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Jan/Feb 2020 Editor’s Choice is a review of antibiotic prophylaxis in ENT and OMF surgery. It is not the first systematic review and meta-analysis published in the last two years. If anyone else has been offered a “potentially career-altering opportunity”...
The Dilemma of Beethoven’s Deafness
Beethoven was one of the world’s greatest musicians, and his deafness is well known. Many details of his medical conditions are known, and various theories of his hearing loss have been proposed. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in...
In the West of Scotland, what factors impact and what are the survival trends for laryngeal cancer?
4 March 2025
| Gemma Clunie
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ENTA - Head & Neck
The TV and radio presenter Jamie Theakston recently returned to his radio show to announce he is cancer free. He had been off air for a year after having surgery to treat early-stage laryngeal cancer. His diagnosis was made when...
Tricky post-laryngectomy swallows
1 November 2015
| Anna Slovick
Despite improvements in chemoradiation therapy and the adoption of organ preservation for some head and neck cancers, total laryngectomy remains the treatment often providing best survival chances for advanced laryngeal cancer. This article reviews the causes of dysphagia post-laryngectomy and...
The common frontal sinusotomy (Lothrop) and chronic rhinosinusitis
As our understanding of the pathophysiology of CRS evolves, so do our treatment strategies. It is accepted that in many cases, the main role of surgery is to allow better penetration of topical therapies to the sinus cavities. What, then,...Mentally and physically safe workplaces: the challenge of doctors’ well-being
1 September 2018
| Eric Levi
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ENTA - ENT
Our ENT consultant colleague Eric Levi bravely tackles the very real elephant in the room of that stigma which is not really discussed until it is often too late. It takes courage to tackle a difficult topic like doctors’ mental...
