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Sublingual gland tumour resection

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | Neoplasm invasiveness, Pathology, Salivary gland neoplasms, Sublingual gland, Treatment outcome
This paper from South Korea analyses the pathology arising from 20 malignant sublingual gland tumours. Adenoid cystic carcinoma followed by mucoepidermoid carcinomas were the most common. Tumour invasion into the lingual nerve was detected in 40% of cases, and into...
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Piezoelectric saw reducing sensory disturbance in mandibular osteotomies

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | inferior alveolar nerve, mandibular osteotomy, orthognathic surgery, piezosurgery, sagittal split ramus osteotomy
This paper from Seattle in the United States looked at 20 patients with a mean age of 19.9 +/- 3.2 years with a fairly standard surgical movement. They found that functional sensory recovery of the inferior alveolar nerve resulted in...
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COVID-19 and oral cancer

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
This is a Canadian retrospective paper covering the period of March 2018 to March 2022. It identified 190 patients; 91 pre-pandemic and 99 from the pandemic. From this, they found there was no increase in patient delay, professional delay or...
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Biometric facial recognition after bimaxillary surgery

7 May 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
This paper aimed to assess the facial recognition capability of a commercially available software program in patients who’d undergone orthognathic surgery. It is a retrospective study of 24 patients, 12 class II and 12 class III dentofacial deformities. The preop...
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Emergent surgical airway in head and neck conditions

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
This systematic review and meta-analysis looked at 1011 surgical airways in 14 studies. Of these airways, 50 were cricothyroidotomies. The mean complication rate was 16.8% with an airway-related mortality rate of 0.2%. They noted that the odds of complication significantly...

Patient-centred audiological rehabilitation: facilitating and hindering factors for implementation

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction Patient-centred care in the health sector is a worldwide concern [1, 2]. Patient-centred rehabilitation is characterised by availability, appropriateness, preference, and timelines [3]. A consensus report by the Institute of Medicine [4] defines a patient-centred approach as ‘providing care...

Ethics, conduct and sinonasal surgery

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
For the three plenary sessions at ERS 2023, we asked top leaders in the field to enlighten us in the general aspects of our profession that need attention. Prof Gil Siegal will discuss the ethical questions we encounter in our...

History of ESPO

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Martin Bailey, Secretary-General of ESPO, narrates the story of a society which has promoted and supported the development of paediatric otolaryngology in Europe. In the early 1950s, pioneers in paediatric otorhinolaryngology became active in European countries such as Poland, Hungary,...

Remote hearing aid fittings and maintenance – exploring applications in Africa

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Introduction Technology and connectivity are allowing audiological services to be provided in novel ways. The field of telehealth, although firmly established over the past two decades, is buoyed by the continued and rapid advances in information and communication technologies. Remote...

Management of olfactory dysfunction

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
An evidence-based update on olfactory dysfunction: who to image, how to test and what works – OT, CRS surgery, biologics and PRP. Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is highly prevalent, affecting more than 20% of the adult population with a clear age-related...

Monkey business

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Professor Sir Donald Harrison (DFNH) had a strong interest in comparative anatomy of the larynx, which was supported by a close relationship with the London Zoo who provided specimens from any mammals in the collection that died and had undergone...

Elasticated retraction in head and neck surgery – a trainee’s perspective

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The effectiveness of surgical technique and satisfactory outcome is greatly dependent on good surgical exposure. Retraction requires adequate traction and counter-traction of tissues in order to expose the tissue or organ under scrutiny for the surgeon. This is a universal...