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In the West of Scotland, what factors impact and what are the survival trends for laryngeal cancer?

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The TV and radio presenter Jamie Theakston recently returned to his radio show to announce he is cancer free. He had been off air for a year after having surgery to treat early-stage laryngeal cancer. His diagnosis was made when...
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‘Cutting-edge’ surgical education: exploring the SurgSchool App

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - General
SurgSchool is an educational surgical app, where high-quality operations can be viewed with the surgeon’s commentary. It was founded in October 2023 by Enrique Casqueiro Cons, a civil engineer by trade with a background in business, and otologist Dr José...

BIOHIT launches new quick test to help streamline gastroscopy referrals

19 June 2023 | Research & Development
BIOHIT HealthCare Ltd will be attending the upcoming BSG Live 2023 conference in Liverpool, where it will unveil a revolutionary new test to support decision making for gastroscopy referrals and improve the early detection of gastric cancer.

In conversation with George Tavartkiladze

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology
For decades, Professor Tavartkiladze has been the personification of Russian audiology and its best known ambassador on the international stage. Hailing from the republic of Georgia, he has led countless seminal initiatives within Russia to advance the science and practice...

In conversation with Ray Clarke: Scott-Brown – The Editors’ view…

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Ray Clarke. How did you get involved in the forthcoming Scott-Brown ? How does one become editor of a textbook? Editors are approached and appointed by the publishers, but of course publishers will take advice and soundings from within the...

Changing behaviour with a human factors approach

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
The Francis Report (2013) identified multiple problems relating to the safety culture of Stafford Hospital in the period 2005 – 2009, as well as serious failings in the supervisory and regulatory systems of the NHS. Particular criticism was directed at...

The James Lind Alliance – involving patients and their health professionals jointly in setting priorities for research

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - ENT
In a world of patient-reported outcomes and patient-centred care, patient-centred research must also be considered. That is where the James Lind Alliance (JLA) comes in, as Caroline Whiting explains below. Through Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs), it allows patients, their carers...

Paediatric ENT trauma

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Paediatrics
Managing trauma in children often strikes terror in doctors who do not deal with children regularly. Kate Stephenson explains the approach to a child who has suffered ENT trauma and specific things to look for in children. ENT injuries are...

Patient initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Is it time for a change in the way we follow up head and neck cancer patients after treatment? Paul Nankivell and Hisham Mehanna explain the rationale for the PETNECK2 trial. After completion of curative intent treatment, clinical follow-up currently...

Detecting hearing loss in the military: are the current methods adequate?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
A team at the University of Southampton have been funded by the Ministry of Defence to investigate how to improve the assessment of auditory fitness for duty in the UK Armed Forces. Matt Blyth talks us through the current methods...

Non-absorbable synthetic material for middle fossa repair using a combined transmastoid/middle fossa approach

4 May 2023 |
Repair of CSF leaks can be a challenging technical undertaking. In this article, the authors describe their use of a synthetic material to help with the successful repair of these leaks from the middle cranial fossa. Erosion of the middle...

TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Transoral robotic surgery is now a well-accepted technique in malignant tumours of the tongue base. Here the team from St Mary’s and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital in London describe its use in carefully selected patients with...