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New RSM presidents preview the year ahead

30 September 2024
Professor Patrick Axon, President of the UK’s Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section and Michelle Wyatt, incoming President of the section of Laryngology and Rhinology, look forward to the year ahead.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight! & Arrivals

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...

KARL STORZ Introduces the Slimline C-MAC® S: A New Era in Airway Management

15 April 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
The family-owned MedTech company KARL STORZ has announced the worldwide launch of the Slimline C-MAC® S, a single-use video laryngoscope designed to enhance airway management. This innovative tool is built to the same high-quality standards as all products from the...

Pre-hospital care

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
For those of us that work within the acute hospital system, the sound of the trauma pager going off warning of an incoming casualty with as yet unknown injuries is often the sound of uncertainty and anxiety. When it becomes...

Why is a Raven like a writing desk? Some reflections on countertenors and castrati

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The countertenor voice has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last 50 years. Nicholas Clapton is one of the foremost performers and teachers of his generation, and he tells us here about the link between countertenors and the (fortunately...

Have we reached our limits in endoscopic skull base surgery?

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
As being an anterior skull base surgeon becomes the aspiration of many ENT trainees, Professor Nicolai gives his personal insights into the future for this exciting subspeciality. Having been directly involved in the evolution of transnasal endscopic surgery (TES) since...

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

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - 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...

From aaargh to zzzzz: the ABC of paediatric anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
Andrew McTavish is one of those special breeds who not only relishes complex anaesthesia, but also does so in paediatric patients. Dealing with this group of patients requires careful planning according to accepted practice, and here he discusses some recent...

In conversation with Dr Eugene Myers: Education, training, and leadership in the modern era

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
It is an honour to hear from Dr Eugene Myers, who shares his experience with us, and his opinions and advice on the current circumstances for training and trainees. His energy, vitality and work ethic in his late 80s are...

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...

Continuing professional development

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
In this article Siobhán Brennan explores continuing professional development (CPD) in all its glory! She outlines why it’s important to continue learning throughout our careers, highlights some of the challenges facing those trying to undertake CPD and discusses the variety...

An idiot’s guide to the Ministry of Health

1 January 2016 |
Neville Chamberlain on an ill-judged charm offensive. Now I like to consider myself a well brought up sort of chap, and was always taught never to bring up religion, politics or (heaven forfend!) a lady’s name at the dinner table....