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Risk factors for TORS treatment failure in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancers

1 March 2016 | | human papillomavirus (HPV), oropharyngeal, p16, prognostic factors, transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
HPV-related squamous cell cancers are an increasingly common cause of malignancy in the oropharynx. There is evidence that these cancers are associated with a significantly improved overall survival compared to conventional HPV-negative tumours. The optimal treatment for such cancers is...

The rise of AI in the head and neck clinic

1 July 2018 | | 2015 American Thyroid Association management guideline, Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System, artificial intelligence, computer-aided diagnosis system, thyroid nodules, ultrasound
There has been a huge focus in recent months on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in all aspects of modern life, and the head and neck clinic is no exception it appears. This paper builds on previous work to...

Plunging new depths for the treatment of ranulas

1 September 2015 | | Minimally-invasive, Mucous extravasation cyst, Ranula, Salivary gland surgery, Sublingual gland
Within our scope of practice, we encounter a number of salivary gland pathologies, including the sublingual gland. Clinical signs are often subtle, and even with meticulous surgical management, morbidity can easily occur. Textbooks advocate excision of the gland as the...

What’s the risk of regrowth with partial (intracapsular) tonsillectomy

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - ENT | OSAHS, Partial tonsillectomy, Potential risk factors, Tonsillar regrowth
Partial (intracapsular) tonsillectomy is enjoying somewhat of a revival offering the potential for less postoperative pain and bleeding whilst relieving the obstructive element. The authors look at 303 patients, 82 of whom had partial tonsillectomy using coblation. They measured pre...

Core or fine needle assessment in lymphadenopathy and salivary gland tumours

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | cervical lymphadenopathy, core-needle biopsy, salivary gland tumour
This paper from the Republic of Korea analyses 278 patients retrospectively, 112 of which underwent fine need aspiration and 166 core needle biopsies. Eleven patients had indeterminate fine needle aspiration cytology, six of whom had an additional core biopsy. The...
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Posterior nasal neurectomy – long-term data shows tailing off of benefits but still improvement after three years

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
It is well understood that allergic rhinitis has a very detrimental effect on quality of life for afflicted patients. This study looks at patients with allergic rhinitis but no other associated sinonasal or respiratory diagnoses. Patients with a history of...
Photo showing Laurel trying out the Boarding Glasses on the boat.

Boarding Glasses: could these unique spectacles be the answer to alleviating motion sickness?

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Laurel Palmer is a Toronto-based Audiologist who also suffers from motion sickness. For Tech Reviews, she is testing out Boarding Glasses by Boarding Ring, on the road and at sea, to see if they can give her some relief. Motion...

The Medical Art Society

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - General
Historian, sculptor and general polymath Neil Weir neatly demonstrates the strong links between our speciality and the creative arts, along with his colleague from the Medical Art Society, Jeanette Cayley. At a summer meeting of the British Medical Association in...

‘The Sun does not forget a village just because it is too small’ – African proverb

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Solar powered hearing aids In the middle of the morning of January 24, 2002, I had been in Otse for only three days, a village of 3500 in the south of Botswana, when I heard a knock at the door....

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...

Current management of unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma

10 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Vestibular schwannoma is the commonest tumour of the cerebellopontine angle (80%) and accounts for around 8% of all intracranial tumours. The commonest primary presenting symptoms are audio vestibular. Hearing health professionals are often the first contact for patients with potential symptoms of vestibular schwannoma, with the majority then being seen and diagnosed by otorhinolaryngologists.

Leaving an impression – OTOSCAN ear scanning solution

1 September 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Every person has uniquely-shaped ears that continue to grow over time. Making an accurate reproduction of the ear is an important part of delivering a customised ear product. From the early 1950s, this was achieved using a paste which set...