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Robotic surgery for ventral skull base malignancy

9 October 2017 | | Malignancies, Robotic surgery, Sinonasal, Skull base, Ventral skull base
The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the head and neck area has been shown to be a safe and effective technique, achieving good oncological clearance of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottis and glottic area. However, robotic surgery for the...

Preoperative risk factors: when do you need to refer to the haematologist?

1 September 2016 | | Anticoagulants, Bleeding risk, Coagulation disorders, Herbal medication, High-risk populations, Preoperative assessment
It is essential that clinicians are able to identify and assess which patients are in the high risk category for bleeding during ENT surgery. A full history, including medications, herbal remedies taken, any other medical co-morbidities and family history of...

In-office KTP laser excision of a vocal process granuloma

1 July 2016 | | Dysphonia, In-office surgery, KTP laser, Vocal process granuloma
The KTP laser is increasingly being used in an outpatient setting – particularly in North America – to treat various laryngeal pathologies including papillomas, leukoplakia, dysplasia and vascular lesions. This article reports the use of the KTP laser in the...

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...

FDA Approved Lenire Expands Number of US Clinics

1 March 2024 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
Neuromod Devices, the medical technology company that developed tinnitus treatment device, Lenire, has partnered with an additional 24 new US clinics to address the significant demand for the FDA Approved tinnitus treatment device.

Screening for hearing loss in primary care

14 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing impairment is one physical disability that is increasing in prevalence in society in general, and in older adults in particular. Approximately 34 to 36 million Americans report suffering from some degree of hearing impairment with the number rising to...

The Graham Fraser Foundation

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT
Graham Fraser (1936-94) was a pioneering otolaryngologist, in whose memory the Graham Fraser Foundation was set up, and an eponymous annual lecture and a travelling fellowship in otology were established. It’s an honour to profile the Foundation in this extended...

Development of a new negative-pressure ventilatory support device: Exovent

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The pandemic has driven innovation in ways that we have not seen for many decades. Intensive care medicine and ENT have been at the forefront of these advances, and our good friends David Howard (never one to put his feet...

From the editor JanFeb 2022

5 January 2022 |
The start of a new year is always an opportunity to look forward with a renewed sense of hope and optimism. It is also a chance to look back at the previous 12 months and, looking back to early 2021, we were just at the dawn of the COVID vaccination programme – this had developed at an unprecedented pace, and gave us all huge cause for excitement and hope.

2022 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards

6 June 2022
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), an online resource for hearing professionals and consumers with hearing loss, has announced a call for submissions for the third annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™. Through the annual awards programme, HHTM honours technological innovation...

Evidence based practice in paediatric audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Audiology, like most of the health sciences professions, has been working on integrating evidence-based practice principles since the mid-1990s [1]. Professional organisations and regulatory colleges have produced evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, disseminated them to audiologists and collaborated with practitioners to...

Audeara personalised headphones win Innovator Award

19 November 2021 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles, Research & Development
Audeara Ltd is a hearing health technology company delivering high-quality personalised audio to listeners.