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Changing perceptions in head and neck cancer management caused by quality of life issues
1 September 2010
| Randall P Morton
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ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Sir Felix Semon was an outstanding clinician and exceptional laryngologist. The money raised by donations from his colleagues on his retirement in 1909 was used to establish the London University’s Semon Lecture. Semon’s Obituary in the BMJ, reads: “In Semon's...
GN to help millions of Americans with unaddressed hearing loss thanks to the new OTC hearing aid category
19 August 2022
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Research & Development
Following the release of the OTC hearing aid regulations by the FDA on Tuesday 16 August, GN have announced their support of the ambition to help more people access hearing aids.
An overview of cranioplasty
1 July 2017
| Aaron SJ Ferguson
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Cranioplasty, Autologous cranioplasty, Synthetic cranioplasty, Skull reconstruction, Cranial defect, Methyl methacrylate
This article provides a summary of the indications, materials and current techniques available in cranioplasty. Cranioplasty is performed to restore the normal architecture of the skull following craniectomy for many reasons including intracranial infection, trauma and neoplasm. The timing of...
Transnasal oesophagoscopy: prospective cohort review
1 November 2014
| Andy Hall
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ENTA - ENT
This paper looked at 257 patients undergoing the procedure in a tertiary otolaryngology department. In light of the morbidity of upper GI endoscopy associated with the sedation required, the safety profile of transnasal oesophagoscopy is a clear advantage. This cohort...
JLO surgical video: right selective neck dissection levels 2-5
Surgical training has become more challenging following the introduction of the European Working Time Directive. The consequences of reducing the amount of time we operate has driven us to look for other resources to fill this gap. These initially began...
Hilotherapy for facial surgery patients?
1 January 2017
| Wai Sum Cho
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Hilotherapy, Hilotherm®, cryotherapy, facial pain, facial surgery, oedema, orthognathic surgery, post operative cooling
Hilotherapy involves administering regulated cold compression through a facemask. The principle of this treatment involves cyotherapy as a traditional treatment for reducing inflammation, pain and swelling following trauma. It is believed that using hilotherapy (Hilotherm®), which uses a mask to...
Recurrent respiratory papilloma treatment in the office
1 September 2018
| Markus M Hess, Susanne Fleischer
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this interesting new article, Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe their technique for managing recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in an outpatient setting using channelled endoscopes. The recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) of the larynx is a chronic HPV-associated viral disease. Clinical...
European Laryngological Society (ELS) meets British Laryngological Association (BLA)
1 May 2018
| Declan Costello, Ricard Simo
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The meeting of the European Laryngological Society in May is being held in London, and is co-hosted by the British Laryngological Association. The President of the ELS, Ricard Simo, and the Secretary of the BLA, Declan Costello, exchanged thoughts about...
Roshna Rose Paul: interview between trainee and senior surgeon
3 July 2023
| Roshna Rose Paul (Prof), Jeremy Reid
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ENTA - ENT
Professor Paul has been heavily involved with training and educating multiple cohorts of ENT trainees over the years, since 2010. In this article, Mr Reid (a current ENT registrar from the West Midlands) picks her brains. Prof Roshna Rose Paul....
Meet the Johns Hopkins team developing a 3D-printed device allowing COVID-19 patients to share ventilators
16 April 2020
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COVID-19
Amid a shortage of ventilators, the team of engineers and clinicians came together to create an open-source ventilator splitter that hospitals and communities can produce. CLICK HERE
What can the anterior cranial fossa fracture pattern tell us?
1 May 2016
| Stuart Clark
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anterior cranial fossa, applied anatomy, craniofacial trauma, fracture pattern, skull base fracture, skull base trauma
This assessment involves 81 patients treated between two regional major trauma centres in the UK. Fifty sustained a predominantly anterior directed force and 31 a lateral impact. They found that anterior impacts reduce the incidence of fracture propagated beyond the...
