It is estimated that over 400 million people worldwide live with disabling hearing loss, 39.9 million of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. This article by Dr Aveline Kahinga and Mr Ali Jaffer demonstrates the effort that has been made...
Since 1977, when the first edition of the Manual for Staging of Cancer was published by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), the primary tumour staging for oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has remained unchanged. In the last four...
With a career that has spanned continents and disciplines – clinical audiology, cochlear implant technology and global leadership – Mei Dingxiang Feng is now leading a movement to bring person-centred care (PCC) to the forefront of hearing healthcare. In this...
With a career that has spanned continents and disciplines – clinical audiology, cochlear implant technology and global leadership – Mei Dingxiang Feng is now leading a movement to bring person-centred care (PCC) to the forefront of hearing healthcare. In this...
Patients frequently present to the ENT department with breathing difficulties. The entity of ‘vocal cord dysfunction’ (also known as paradoxical vocal cord movement, inducible laryngeal obstruction, and many other names) is increasingly well recognised. Ravi Thevasagayam gives us an overview....
The old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is considered by Professor Hopkins in respect to chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition affecting around 10% of the adult population and associated with huge impact on quality of life and economic cost. A...
Rana Tahoun, CST2, Northwest Deanery, UK An ENT hackathon? Not two things you expect to read in the same sentence! It was actually the first time it ever happened, and it was open to all ENT surgeons and aspiring surgeons....
10 February 2021
| Joana Raquel Ximenes Araújo, Ray Clarke
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ENTA - ENT
In the lead-up to the ESPO (European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology) Virtual Conference on 20 Feb 2021, Ray Clarke (President, ESPO 2023) interviewed Joana Araújo (Chair, ESPO Juniors Board) to find out a bit more about ESPO Juniors and their...
Body dysmorphic disorder is a serious psychiatric condition that we all need to be aware of when contemplating aesthetic surgery. It can present in children as well as adults. Prof Vieira and Dr de Carvalho discuss the tell-tale signs and...
1 March 2015
| Ricard Simo, Declan Costello
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ENTA - ENT
Ricard Simo is a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital. He is also Vice-President of the European Laryngological Society and is the Audit and Governance Lead for the ENT-UK Head and Neck Society. Our editor,...