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Grading dysphagia as a toxicity in treating head and neck cancer

1 September 2018 | | Clinical trials, Deglutition and deglutition disorders, Head and neck cancer, Toxicity grading
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) is a system used by clinicians to grade the toxicity of oncology treatments in a standardised manner. Dysphagia is perhaps the most common long-term toxicity of head and neck cancer treatment. Currently, a...

Transnasal endoscopic repair of CSF leaks

1 July 2017 | | Anterior skull base, cerebrospinal fluid leak or fistula, CSF leak or fistula, intrathecal fluorescein, fascia lata
This Italian study was a retrospective review of 110 consecutive patients who underwent repair of their CSF leak via the transnasal endoscopic approach from 2003 to 2013. All surgery was performed by the same primary surgeon and patients with a...

Parathyroid pearls

1 March 2017 | | parathyroid surgery, hyperparathyroidism, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, parathyroid imaging
This article serves to deliver some pearls of wisdom in parathyroid surgery for the ‘low volume parathyroid surgeon’. They have been divided into those relating to the preoperative diagnosis, imaging and localisation techniques and surgical difficulties. Recognised sources of error...

CSF leak – endoscopic or open repair?

1 January 2016 | | Cerebrospinal fluid, Endoscopic endonasal approach, Paranasal sinuses, Rhinorrhea
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea is well known to the ENT surgeon. It commonly occurs secondary to a predisposing event such as accidental or iatrogenic trauma. When it occurs spontaneously, it can be associated with benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest CSF...

Maxillofacial and neck surgery in Iraq and Afghanistan

1 July 2014 | | ENT, Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology, Vestibular Disorders
Introduction Over the past 150 years, military personnel wounded in action had a survival rate of approximately 80% [1]. During the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, those servicemen wounded in action have a 90.4% survival rate [2]. During the...

VACANCY: Band 7 Specialist Audiologist, Belfast

1 November 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
The following job opportunity is now available.

Pathways for becoming an audiologist in the USA Part 1: the early years

1 January 2019 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
Part 2 of this topic is available here. The Doctor of Audiology degree is required for clinical practice in the USA. In part one of a two-part series, Professor Hall reviews the evolution of academic credentialing for American audiologists, beginning...

Advances in Rhinoplasty

4 April 2019 -7 April 2019 | Aesthetic Medicine, Rhinoplasty, Facial Plastic Surgery
AAFPRS 2019 Advances in Rhinoplasty takes Orlando by storm Report by Wendy Lewis, President, Wendy Lewis & Co Ltd Global Aesthetics Consultancy. Paul Nassif, MD from Beverly Hills, USA. Over 800 rhinoplasty surgeons traveled from all over the world to...

The role of macrolide antibiotics in chronic rhinosinusitis

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
The use of long-term antibiotics in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis is a contentious issue, not only because of the increasing problem with antibiotic resistance but also because of the potential cardiac risks, including sudden death. In this article, Anders...

In conversation with Prof Peter John Wormald: The past, present and future of treating CRS

10 March 2023 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
At ERS2023, Prof PJ Wormald will lecture on the past, present and future of treating chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). We caught up with him recently to hear about the major improvements, the hypes and his dreams for the future of treating...

The development of endoscopic sinus surgery – a meeting of three great minds

1 May 2019 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
The story of the development of endoscopic sinus surgery is inextricably linked with the names of Stammberger, Messerklinger and Storz. Karl Storz’s daughter, Sybill Storz, tells us more. We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation of...

Endoscopic excision of cholesteatoma

1 November 2019 | | ENT, Otology
In this article Vikranth Visvanathan describes an exciting development on the use of endoscopic technology in complex otological practice. Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is rapidly evolving as a recognised method of addressing middle ear and mastoid pathology. Since its...