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Identifying clinically useful salivary substitutes

1 September 2016 | | Dry mouth, Dwell time, Gingiva, Mid infrared spectroscopy, New method, Oral care, Salivary substitutes, Sjorgren’s syndrome, Xerostomia
This in vitro study analysed the efficacy of salivary substitutes used in the treatment of xerostomia following head neck irradiation. The researchers applied the products under evaluation onto a synthetic surface and onto cellular gingival models. The products were then...

Horizontal nystagmus: vestibular neuritis or lateral canal BPPV?

1 January 2016 | | BPPV, Vestibular neuritis, positional nystagmus, pseudo-spontaneous nystagmus, spontaneous nystagmus
A horizontal nystagmus due to lateral canal (LSC) BPPV that is present in the upright position, that changes direction with head turn in the horizontal plane has been termed ‘pseudo-spontaneous nystagmus’ (PSN) because it mimics that of vestibular neuritis. The...

Strengthen your communication: better conversations can reduce the risk of frailty

4 July 2024 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy
Our population is ageing and, with this, the incidence of frailty is increasing. Frailty is defined as increased vulnerability to stressors resulting in adverse outcomes. Stressors can include communication and swallowing difficulties, yet these are poorly recognised. Management of communication...

Is there time for intraoperative scans?

1 November 2015 |
Intraoperative imaging plays an integral role in orthopaedic surgery during the repair of long-bone fracture. Given the complexity of the facial skeleton, intraoperative imaging has the potential for similar benefits in reconstructive surgery. The objectives of the study were to...

Adjuvant intratympanic steroid therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 September 2015 |
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) means abrupt hearing loss by 30dB affecting three consecutive frequencies within 72 hours. This is treated by high tapering doses of systemic steroids, the role of which is controversial and fraught with possible complications in...
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Early DCR may be better than delayed in acute dacrocystitis?

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Traditionally, acute dacrocystitis has been treated conservatively with antibiotics, analgesia and warm compresses, with surgery reserved for later when the infection has subsided. This meta-analysis looks at early vs. late endonasal dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) in the treatment of acute dacrocystitis, looking...

Evidence for balloon eustachian tuboplasty

1 May 2015 | | Eustachian tube, Eustachian tube dysfunction, alloon Eustachian tuboplasty, otology, surgery, systematic review
Balloon eustachian tuboplasty is an emerging intervention aimed at the management of eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and its sequelae. The authors acknowledge that ETD is a common but frequently ill-defined problem, with no well-established direct treatment. They performed a systematic...

In conversation with De Wet Swanepoel, President of the International Society of Audiology

1 March 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Gareth Smith caught up with the new President of the International Society of Audiology, De Wet Swanepoel, about the aims of the society, the upcoming World Congress of Audiology and the current state of hearing healthcare in Africa. De Wet...

Targeted focal parathyroidectomy

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Leanne Hamilton and Louise Clark describe their technique for helping to localise parathyoid adenomas. Surgically this can be difficult, so careful preoperative evaluation using imaging as described can help minimise difficulties intraoperatively when identifying the parathyroid adenoma. Preoperative imaging has...

The seven ages of BACO

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
Chris Potter is a man whose prose style needs no introduction. Here, he gives us a poetic discourse on the different generations of attendees at BACO. Alfred, Lord Tennyson has washed his hair and can’t do anything with it. It’s...

What is Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE)?

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
THRIVE is a physiological mechanism for oxygenating and ventilating patients who are under general anaesthesia and who have diminished or absent respiratory effort [1]. Classical ventilation requires bulk flow of gases into and out of the lungs driven by chest...

Using psychological behaviour change theory in vestibular practice

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Fiona Barker explains the importance of recognising and understanding how habitual behaviours in vestibular patients can affect treatment outcomes, and how we as audiologists can support and encourage patients to modify these behaviours and perhaps address our own professional behaviours...