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Assessing Middle Ear Function in Infants
1 March 2014
| Rob Low
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ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
This book fills a significant void in the clinical literature. There are key reference texts for each area of clinical work which should be on every departmental bookshelf, and Assessing Middle Ear Function in Infants joins that list. It might...
ESPO Congress Fellowship 2025
30 September 2024
The next International Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology will be held in Stuttgart, Germany from 3-6 May 2025.
Applications are invited for the ESPO Congress Fellowships 2025, which will enable the holder to attend the Congress.
A viable solution for isolated post-nasal drip?
6 November 2024
| Jennifer K Stott
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ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
This retrospective, single-centre case series looked at a cohort of patients with postnasal drip as their primary symptom. Exclusions were patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. The interventions offered were temperature-controlled radio frequency (TCRF) ablation of the posterior nasal nerve delivered by...
A useful adjuvant treatment for SNAC or IP
5-Fluorouracil (5FU) is a topical preparation used in the treatment of various dermatological, ocular and gynaecologic malignant and pre-malignant conditions, and this literature review looks at the efficacy of 5FU in treating inverted papilloma and sinonasal tumours. The authors cite...Hearing impairment awareness in primary school teachers
7 January 2025
| Yovina Khiroya-Morjaria
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ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Early intervention of hearing loss is crucial in school-age children to avoid delay in development of communication, cognition, language and social skills. Teachers play a crucial role in identification and support in cases of progressive or late-onset hearing loss. Using...
Thyroid cancer: to dissect the neck or not?
1 January 2015
| Charles Giddings
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ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
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Neck dissection, Paratracheal, Thyroid cancer
This is a good review of the much-debated management of the neck in thyroid cancer. It discusses oncological goals that must be achieved whilst maintaining voice, swallowing and parathyroid function. A clear description is made of the common nodal basins...
Primary ossicular chain reconstruction in open-cavity mastoidectomy
The authors performed a retrospective analysis of 21 patients who had undergone primary reconstruction of the ossicular chain during canal-wall-down mastoidectomy. The ossiculoplasty technique used consisted of removal of the malleus head and division of tensor tympani, and rotation of...A new septoplasty technique
1 November 2014
| Ravi Thevasagayam
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ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, ENTA - Head & Neck
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Deviation, High dorsal deviation, Nasal septum, Septoplasty, Wedge
This article describes a novel septoplasty technique to correct a cartilaginous deflection. Although it took a while to understand it as the operative photographs were not very helpful it is an interesting concept. The author excises an inferior strip and...
Treatment of olfactory dysfunction
1 November 2014
| Gauri Mankekar
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ENTA - ENT
The sense of smell is crucial to our being able to relish food and experience our environment. Olfactory dysfunction has been trivialised or ignored previously, but the negative consequences of the loss of sense of smell are being increasingly highlighted....
Emerging antimicrobial resistance in ENT outpatients
1 November 2014
| Andy Hall
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ENTA - ENT
Given the recent statement from the UK Prime Minister on this issue, it would appear timely to assess the ‘time bomb’ of antibiotic resistance in otology. Comparison of ear swabs over twelve months from 2007 and 2012 demonstrates an increasing...
Assessment in ENT: Intra-operative videos
1 November 2014
| Andy Hall
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ENTA - ENT
An article examining the reliability and validity of remote scoring; a video assessment of myringotomy and grommet insertion. The primary outcome measures were to determine construct validity (differentiating between different grades of surgeons) and reliability of video scoring. Unfortunately, the...
Nasolabial flap to reconstruct periorbital defects
1 November 2014
| Sunil K Bhatia
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ENTA - Rhinoplasty, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - ENT
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Cranially based, Defect closure, Local flaps, Nasolabial flap, Paranasal defects, Periorbital defects
The authors present a series of 25, mainly geriatric patients that had ablative surgery with complex defects in the paranasal and orbital regions. The paranasal and periorbital regions are extremely important for facial aesthetics and quality of life. The authors...