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To use or not to use: absorbable sutures for facial wounds

1 May 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy | Absorbable, Cosmetic outcomes, Facial wounds, Non-absorbable, Suture material
This systematic literature review looked at studies comparing facial skin closure with absorbable versus non-absorbable sutures. Studies not published in English or looking at areas other than the head and neck, and studies focused on suture technique rather than material...

Can laryngeal sensitivity testing predict aspiration and pneumonia in dysphagic patients?

1 July 2018 | | Aspiration, Deglutition, Dysphagia, Laryngeal adductor reflex, Laryngeal sensory deficits, Pneumonia
The laryngeal adductor reflex (LAR) is characterised by brief vocal cord closure in response to laryngeal stimulation. It is important in swallowing physiology as it represents a mechanism for airway protection. The authors of this study examined whether the absence...

Persistent dysphonia due to cricothyroid muscle dystonia – should we be requesting laryngeal EMGs for non-resolving ‘functional’ dysphonia?

1 September 2016 | | Cricothyroid muscle, Laryngeal dystonia, Laryngeal electromyography, Spasmodic dysphonia
This article is an interesting report of a case of persistent voice problems affecting a 43-year-old physician that significantly compromised her ability to converse and communicate at work. Specifically, she had a fluctuating voice quality that would ‘choke off’, combined...

Spasmodic dysphonia – is greater awareness needed?

1 January 2016 | | Diagnostic delay, Larynx, Spasmodic dysphonia, Voice
Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a focal dystonia of the laryngeal musculature. Previously considered to be a rare disorder, it has more recently been suggested that SD is in fact not rare but is frequently misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. This paper would...

MedAudPro: a united front for audiology

19 September 2022
For the past three years, the Network of Medical Audiology Professionals has been bringing together ENT providers in the USA. Co-founder and President, Patricia Ramos talks about her ambitions for the organisation.

Urgent call for surgical supplies in Ukraine

29 March 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a major shortage of surgical supplies in hospitals. Irina Gout and Peter Cackett are calling for further relief efforts to provide surgical supplies to under-equipped hospitals in Ukraine.

Moscow Otolaryngology Masterclass FMBA

8 April 2019 -11 April 2019
Report by Prof Hesham Negm, Cairo University, Egypt. The Moscow Otolaryngology Masterclass, arranged by the Russian FMBA, took place in the Federal Scientific Clinical Centre of Otorhinolaryngology in Moscow, directed by Professor Daikhes. This event was free to attend. Two...

Covid-19 Tips and insights

26 March 2020 | | ENT, COVID-19
The following blog articles have been kindly provided by Eric Levi. For more from Eric Levi, visit https://ericlevi.com/blog/ COVID19 affects everyone Posted on 01/04/2020 by Eric Levi Here’s a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention looking at...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome

1 November 2015 | | ENT, Vestibular Disorders, Otology
In this article, Hannah North and Simon Lloyd give us an overview of the complex condition of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) syndrome, including diagnosis, treatment and management. Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is a bony defect of the otic...

The big ask – maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit in academic facial plastic surgery in the USA

1 March 2014 | | ENT
en·tre·pre·neur, noun a person who organises and operates a business and who has qualities of leadership, initiative and innovation. In the United States, facial plastic surgery (FPS) services are divided among private and academic practices. The vast majority of academic...

A multidisciplinary approach to the management of the adult balance - dizzy patient

30 April 2020 | | Vestibular Disorders
Richard Gans and Kimberly Rutherford, renowned experts from The American Institute of Balance, give their team’s overview of the stages involved in reaching ‘diagnosis based strategies’. For the dizzy patient, this focuses on patient-centred clinical pathways for individualised therapy with...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Yury Konstantinovich Yanov

1 July 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT
Focussing on trauma and the military, it is fitting to include this interview with ENT Professor and Russian Army General Yury Konstantinovich Yanov. Professor Gerard O’Donoghue had the honour of putting some questions to this eminent figure in Russian ENT,...