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Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENTA-ENT
21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...

Hearing aid outcomes in older adults: what and when to measure

1 January 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
What matters to older adults when purchasing a hearing aid? Larry Humes explores the domains that should be measured for this key group. This article identifies key domains of hearing aid outcome in older adults. Increasingly, third-party payers and private-pay...

Ultramarathons, frostbite and running with wolves

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
“I could just keep going when most sane people would stop”- the secret to success in head and neck surgery? In August 2015 I crossed the finish line of La Ultra - The High. A small camp of tents and...

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...
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A twitch in time with a flicker of knowledge

3 November 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Head & Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurotology, Otology, ENTA-Tinnitus
The middle ear muscles can be seen as one of the ear’s safety mechanisms, and the interplay between eyes and ears has been established; think vestibular ocular reflex (VOR) or semi-circular canal dehiscence (SCCD). But can this protective mechanism be...

Face Eyes Nose: Facial Aesthetic/Oculoplastic Surgery and Rhinoplasty Fresh Cadaver Dissection & Lecture Course

10 May 2019 -14 May 2019 | Aesthetic Medicine, Facial Plastic Surgery, General Plastic Surgery, Oculoplastics, ENTA-Rhinoplasty
The highly renowned Face Eyes Nose conference returns to Coventry in May 2019 with the usual successful format of lectures and fresh cadaver dissections. Course Chairman, Rana Das-Gupta, with the help of Course Convenors, SK Ahmed and TK Sankar, has...

The changing role of audiology

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Audiology has changed dramatically in recent years. Cochlear implants and high power hearing aids have made hearing really available to children with essentially any degree of hearing loss. Those of us who have been in the field for a long...

In conversation with Peter Prinsley: Norwich ENT surgeon elected as the Labour MP

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-ENT
A new Labour Government won a landslide election victory on 4 July this year. Much to his surprise, Norwich ENT surgeon Peter Prinsley was elected as the Labour MP (Member of Parliament) for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk....

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

‘Want an upgrade?’ Moral distress in audiology

1 September 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Ethical practice in audiology has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly in the independent sector where sales can be linked to commissions. Andrea Simpson has explored this issue in her research and shares her insight into the drivers...

Laryngeal papillomatosis

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Laryngeal papillomatosis remains one of the most frustrating conditions seen by laryngologists. Sam Majumdar gives us an overview of the current science and clinical practice. Human papilloma virus is a small (> 8kb) double stranded DNA virus with approximately 200...

Percutaneous fibre guided laser surgery of the endolarynx

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Occasionally, getting access to the larynx for an intervention can be challenging. Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe a novel way to perform laser treatment in such difficult instances. Fibre guided office-based endolaryngeal laser surgery has developed to be a...