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Visual vertigo and optokinetic response

1 March 2015 | | Vestibular Disorders | Oculomotor, vestibulopathy, visual vertigo
This study measured differences in optokinetic responses (sitting, standing, with and without a static visual target) in three groups of people: those classified as having unilateral vestibular loss (n=10), unilateral loss with visual vertigo (n=8) and a control group (n=10)....

Systemic steroid therapy for reduction of macrophage migration inhibition factor in the control of nasal polyposis

1 September 2019 | | Neurotology, Otology | Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors, Nasal Polyps, Steroids
It is believed that macrophage migration inhibitory factor mediates inflammation by stimulating the release of other pro-inflammatory cytokines. The use of systemic steroids in control of nasal polyposis is an established treatment. In this study the authors have aimed at...

DIY Epley manoeuvre

1 October 2018 | | Otology, Tinnitus | Particle repositioning maneuver, Posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
This is an interesting paper that looks at getting patients to do their own particle repositioning manoeuvre (PRM) after having it done by a clinician (‘Epley’ to you and me although there are some slight differences) once a week for...

Medical control of allergic rhinitis in children

1 July 2017 |
The authors of this randomised trial aim to answer an important question – which is better: daily versus on demand use of intranasal steroids (fluticasone probionate) or antihistamines (levocetirizine dihydrochloride) for symptomatic control of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis secondary to pollen? The...

FESS for recurrent acute rhinosinusitis: at last, some data

1 March 2017 | | case-control studies, cost-benefit analysis, outcome assessment, patient outcome assessment, sinusitis
As noted in both the EPOS 2012 and in the (more recent) ICARS 2016, there is a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of surgery for recurrent acute rhinosinusitis (RARS). The authors used a control group of patients with CRSsNP,...

Blood type and epistaxis

1 January 2017 | | Epistaxis, idiopathic, O blood group, risk factor, Turkish population
In this Turkish study, the authors attempted to determine if there was an association between ABO blood type and epistaxis. They looked at 359 epistaxis admissions at the same hospital over a three-year period. Only patients with idiopathic epistaxis were...

Robot controlled mastoid surgery!

1 May 2016 | | Image guidance, Mastoidectomy, Warning system
This is a fascinating piece of work by a Korean team developing a human-robot collaborative control. Their model uses image guidance surgery to locate the drill tip’s position. Important structures can be highlighted – in this case the facial nerve....

Are elective facelifts a good idea after head and neck cancer radiotherapy?

1 May 2016 |
The aim of this study was to assess the safety of elective cervicofacial rhytidectomy following radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). A greater proportion of HNSCC patients are infected with certain strains of the human papillomavirus, which...

Margin control using optical techniques in head and neck surgery

1 January 2016 | | HRME, diagnostic, frozen section, head and neck cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, surgical margins
Emerging optical techniques such as high-resolution microendoscopy (HRME) are currently being examined for their reliability in discriminating benign from neoplastic epithelium. These techniques may offer the potential to detect the margin of an upper aerodigestive tract tumour in a non-invasive...

Developing medical devices for children: opportunities and challenges

1 March 2014 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
The development of medical devices for infants and children lags significantly behind the development of devices for adults. While in the United States the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up incentives for developing child age-specific pharmaceuticals, there is...

In conversation with Trevor McGill

1 January 2015 | | Paediatric ENT
After more than four decades of paediatric clinical practice, Trevor McGill shares his wealth of experience and knowledge with Pat Bradley. Trevor, as a national and internationally acknowledged Paediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, to what do you owe this...

What does functional neuroimaging tell us about tinnitus?

24 May 2017 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Imaging, Neurotology, Tinnitus
One of the most common causes of tinnitus is noise exposure, be that either cumulative day-to-day exposure over a lifetime or experience of acute noise trauma such as a loud concert or shooting incident. Observational data indicate that up to...