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Anaesthesia for sleep nasendoscopy and snoring / obstructive sleep apnoea surgery
1 May 2015
| Edward Bick
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Surgery for sleep disordered breathing inevitably requires surgeon and anaesthetist to share the airway. Here, Edward Bick gives us the anaesthetic viewpoint, reiterating that communication is the key. A specific note is made of the anaesthetic technique for sleep nasendoscopy,...
In conversation with Professor Valerie J Lund CBE
1 September 2015
| Claire Hopkins (Prof)
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ENTA - ENT
Valerie Lund is Professor of Rhinology at the Ear Institute, University College London and is an Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital (Royal Free Trust), Moorfields Eye Hospital, University College Hospital and Imperial...
COVID-19 and medical practice
7 July 2020
| Badr Eldin Mostafa
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ENTA - Head & Neck
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COVID-19, COVID, SARS-Cov-2, Head and Neck Cancer, ENT
The pandemic has deeply affected all types of medical and surgical practice and even publications. In this issue, the lead article was on the French consensus on ENT practice during the pandemic. In ENT practice, both patients and health workers...
TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing
1 May 2015
| Konstantinos Chaidas, Neil S Tolley (Prof), Bhik Kotecha
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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...
Endoscopic DCR
31 October 2018
| Aaron SJ Ferguson, Paul Stephen White, Graeme DM Sharpe
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In this interesting article, our experienced colleagues describe their favoured technique for performing endoscopic DCR and share with us the key steps for a successful outcome. Dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) was historically performed by ophthalmologists for nasolacrimal obstruction using external techniques. The...
Management of benign oesophageal strictures
30 April 2020
| Mina Nader Hanna Barsoum, Yasmin Abbas, Taranjit Singh Tatla
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Benign strictures of the upper oesophagus and pharynx, while not very common, can be a challenging condition to successfully manage. The authors of this article provide us with a detailed description of their technique for using the CO2 laser, balloon...
Loss of smell in the age of COVID-19
4 May 2021
| Dimitrios Spinos
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COVID-19, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
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COVID‐19, corona virus, anosmia, olfactory training, RAND/UCLA, loss of sense of smell
Loss of smell (LOS) is a debilitating symptom with increasing interest for the medical community due to its high prevalence in COVID-19. In the present paper, a team of 15 experts provide recommendations for the investigation and management of patients...
A practical approach to tinnitus
1 January 2016
| Mark Williams, Nitesh Patel, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Otology
Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. The estimated prevalence in adults is between 10-15% [1]. In patients with significant tinnitus, prompting them to seek medical attention, 50% will have improved to mild or no tinnitus by...
Present and future in myringoplasty
Tympanic membrane perforations are a common finding in ENT practice. Whilst watchful waiting or formal tympanoplasty are standard options – wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a low cost, safe, in-clinic option to immediately help patients (I hear you...Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome
We all have patients who give us a ‘heartsink’ feeling; for many of us, the coughing patient is exactly such a situation. In this overview, Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini outline their approach to diagnosis. Declan Costello, Editor. Introduction Chronic...Securing the future of ENT in the UK
1 November 2017
| Jayesh Doshi, Asad Qayyum, Bradley John Storey, Thomas D Milner
A career in otolaryngology is fascinating, fulfilling and fun, but how do we convince our potential successors? Jay Doshi, Asad Qayyum, Bradley Storey and Tom Milner outline the fantastic efforts to showcase ENT throughout the UK. Student and foundation doctors...
Choosing instrumental assessments of swallowing for children
8 January 2024
| Gemma Clunie
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ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Swallowing disorders in children are increasingly common due to advances in medical care allowing them to survive prematurity or complex health conditions. Careful assessment of eating and drinking is necessary to ensure that children are managed both safely and with...
