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Acquisition of Asensus Surgical by KARL STORZ

27 August 2024 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
Asensus Surgical, Inc. a global leader of innovative digital solutions for the operating room, announced on August 22, the closing of the merger with the KARL STORZ Group.

Endoscopic middle ear surgery for cholesteatoma treatment

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Otology
A critical question when any new technique is proposed is ‘does it work?’ In this article Daniele Marchioni and Davide Soloperto discuss the success rates of endoscopic ear surgery for cholesteatoma. Introduction Surgical management of cholesteatoma is still a controversial...

What is the prognostic value of lymph node yield and density in head and neck cancer?

1 September 2018 | | head and neck cancer, lymph node ratio, lymph node yield, prognostic value, systematic review
Neck dissection in addition to surgery of the primary site is commonly recommended in head and neck cancer treatment. However, there has been no consensus on the number of nodes that need to be removed to constitute a sufficient neck...
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Predicting the need for salvage laryngectomy

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | chemotherapy, head and neck cancer, machine learning, radiation therapy, salvage laryngectomy
The treatment of laryngeal cancer has seen a shift towards organ preservation strategies with non-surgical treatment offering equivalent survival outcomes. Nonetheless, salvage total laryngectomy (SLT) remains an important curative management option in cases of treatment failure or recurrence. The authors...
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Assessing the impact of e-cigarette smoke on the vocal fold

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | DNA damage, Vocal fold, cytotoxicity, e-cigarette, fibroblast
While the use of electronic-cigarettes (e-cigs) is increasing rapidly, little is known about the effects this has on the health of vocal fold. In this translational research study, authors compared the effects of e-cig vapour and cigarette smoke on an...

Cochlear implant and age

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
In an American ageing society with more prevalent hearing loss, fewer geriatric patients are opting for cochlear implants (CI). This is mainly due to comorbidities and potential complications. Authors conducted a retrospective review of CI patients from 2015 till 2021....
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Are you still talking about Covid?

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology
Bell’s palsy (idiopathic facial nerve palsy) has an annual incidence of 15 to 30 cases per 100,000 people. This study aims to assess the effect of Covid and Covid vaccination on this incidence using a large database. Authors used TriNetX,...
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Rapid Interpretation of Balance Function Tests

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
I read the title with some concern as I would prefer my test interpretation to be ‘accurate’ rather than ‘rapid’, nevertheless the content of the book delivers what one would anticipate is intended, which is an easy to read outline...

Otolaryngologists and audiologists are invited to learn about and lead efforts to reduce the global burden of hearing loss

3 November 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
IFOS promises to be a multidimensional meeting, with contributions from speakers from all corners of the world covering a huge array of subjects. We hear about how the global health aspects of hearing loss will be covered in the congress....

How entrepreneurs can integrate hearables into their clinic

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Brian Taylor provides an interesting perspective on market segmentation of the hearing impaired population, and how as clinicians and entrepreneurs we need to be able to recognise the different approaches that are required to address the large percentage of the...

TEN testing in paediatric patients

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Threshold equalising noise (TEN) testing is used to identify dead regions (DRs) of the cochlear. Alexandra Lusty considers the challenges of using the TEN test in the paediatric population as well as the importance of identifying DRs. Diagnosing dead regions...

Brussels, a multicultural city with varied ENT practice

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - General
Brussels has a proud history in the world of ENT. Jérome Lechien, who is on the Communications Committee for the CEORL-HNS 2019 Congress, and Daniele de Siati, a member of the international Scientific Committee, give us a history lesson and...