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COVID-19 in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps. Are they at risk?

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
COVID-19 entry factors are highly present in nasal epithelial cells. These factors include ACE2 and TMPRSS2. Their presence in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) was not investigated before. Authors investigated expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in two...
Neurosurgery journal cover image.

Molecular and genetic nature of skull base tumours drives management

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - Skull Base Surgery | Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, Chordoma chondrosarcoma, Endolymphatic sac tumor, Granular cell tumor, Langerhans cell histocytosis, Meningioma, Neuropathology, Papillary craniopharyngioma, Paraganglioma, Pituicytoma, Pituitary adenoma, Pituitary blastoma, Schwannoma, Skull base tumors, Solitary fibrous tumor, Spindle cell oncocytoma
This article reviews the molecular basis and paradigm shift in the diagnosis and management of skull base tumours. It is now known that the phenotype of meningiomas is influenced by their genotype. Endolymphatic sac tumours are observed in up to...
Otolaryngologic Clinics journal cover image.

Is benign intracranial hypertension underdiagnosed in patients with spontaneous CSF leaks?

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Headache, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Papilledema
In ENT practice we come across spontaneous CSF leaks. Patients present either as unilateral watery rhinorrhoea or otorrhoea, or sometimes as hearing loss with a watery middle ear effusion. Clinicians, after confirming the diagnosis of CSF leak with beta 2...
Hearing, Balance and Communication journal cover image.

Tympanometry with cochlear implants

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Multifrequency and multicomponent tympanometry enables evaluation of minute changes in the middle ear system as well as changes in resonant frequency. Change in resonant frequency would indicate a change in the natural characteristics of the middle ear, such as mass...
Hearing, Balance and Communication journal cover image.

Falls and ASL users

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
A mixed-method pilot study was carried out to assess the cognitive load of sign language among users and, consequently, the possible risk of injurious falls. The study specifically investigated the possible risk of falls due to the simultaneous activity of...
American Journal of Otolarygology - Head and Neck cover image.

Bell’s palsy – antivirals and steroids for all?

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology
The role of antiviral medications in the treatment of Bell’s palsy remains somewhat controversial. Antivirals alone do not appear to be helpful, whereas numerous studies have shown that corticosteroids improve the chance of a full recovery compared to placebo. What...

Leading and managing audiology service through a social enterprise model

29 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
As these things sometimes happen, our first conversations about Social Enterprise happened pretty much by chance and in our case were a by-product of discussions about a new department having outgrown the current one. The National Health Service (NHS) Audiology...

Rhinology: what does the future hold?

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - General
David Kennedy surveys the past, the present and the future of rhinology practice and research. An evolution of understanding in rhinology The dramatic growth of clinical and translational research within the field of rhinology in recent years is illustrated by...

In conversation with Gregory W. Randolph, President of the AAO-HNS

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) is the world’s largest otolaryngology, head and neck surgical organisation. Declan Costello caught up with its new President, Dr Gregory W. Randolph. Dr Gregory W. Randolph. Congratulations on your...

Middle ear reconstruction in children: why, when and how

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Every ear in every child is different. Rob Nash discusses the rationale behind reconstructive ear surgery in children and his philosophy on timing and techniques of reconstruction. It is rare for middle ear pathologies to be life threatening. Indeed, it...

Biologic therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a new paradigm

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Surgery for nasal polyposis has evolved significantly in the last 30 years, and now the medical management may be on the cusp of a revolution. Biologics using monoclonal antibodies to target specific immune pathways have introduced a paradigm shift in...

85th Annual Otosclerosis Study Group Meeting

30 September 2023
John T McElveen, Jr, MD, Carolina Ear & Hearing Clinic, Carolina Ear Research Institute. The meeting was presided over by this year’s president, Dr Bruce Gantz from Iowa. In keeping with Nashville’s country-and-western roots, dress pants were replaced with blue...