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Reflux – diagnostic tools and special considerations in singers

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Depending on your point of view, laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is either ubiquitous or is over-diagnosed. Are singers more prone to LPR? What are the best tests? Mark Watson and Jane Shaw tell us more. Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR: the backflow of...

Have we reached our limits in endoscopic skull base surgery?

1 November 2017 | | 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...
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Virtual reality: the future of surgical training

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The evolution of surgical education Surgical training has traditionally been rooted in cadaveric dissection, hands-on apprenticeships and theoretical learning through lectures and textbooks. For centuries, aspiring surgeons refined their skills through a structured process of observation, practice and mentorship. The...

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for OSA: current experience with unilateral versus bilateral systems

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) has emerged as an established treatment option for selected patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) who are intolerant to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Over the past decade, technological developments have expanded the field from unilateral...

Endoscopic excision of cholesteatoma

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Otology
In this article Vikranth Visvanathan describes an exciting development on the use of endoscopic technology in complex otological practice. Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is rapidly evolving as a recognised method of addressing middle ear and mastoid pathology. Since its...

The ‘umbrella furling’ deflation technique for cuffed tracheostomy tube - a useful tip for an easier tracheostomy insertion

27 June 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this article, the authors describe a quick and effective technique to assist with the maximal deflation of a tracheostomy tube cuff prior to insertion, thus making the process easier with less chance of damage to the cuff and a...

Navigation in skull base surgery

4 November 2025 | | ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Anterior, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Lateral
Advances in navigation and augmented reality are transforming skull base surgery, offering greater precision and safety alongside emerging robotic tools. Surgical robots have been used in various forms across several surgical specialties for over 20 years [1,2]. However, it is...

3D Ai-natomy: the BACO 2026 Lionel Colledge Lecture

4 March 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Imaging, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
From Victorian stereograms to AI-generated depth maps, this lecture charts how 3D imaging is reshaping ENT anatomy – and how BACO 2026 will see it at scale. Since the 19th century, 3D technology has experienced several resurgences in the commercial...

From Irish innovation to Global impact: Tympany Medical seeks investors

15 October 2025 | Company Profiles
Irish MedTech pioneer Tympany Medical has launched a €600,000 crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube under the Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS), offering a 50% tax rebate for Irish taxpayers. The campaign invites both seasoned and first-time investors to back innovation...

Endoscopic airway interventions in children

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Open surgery for paediatric airway pathologies such as subglottic stenosis was hailed as revolutionary when many of today’s paediatric ORL specialists were in training. Equipment, facilities and training has moved on and the high-quality optics in modern endoscopes, coupled with...

Laryngology: past, present and future

1 May 2018 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Two laryngological authorities trace the history of laryngology, from ancient Rome to the modern day. The structure of the vocal folds was a matter of conjecture until the renaissance when anatomists such as Andreas Vesalius and Julius Casserius demonstrated the...

Head and neck robotic surgery – considerations for the surgical trainee

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
In 2021, training in head and neck cancer surgery would be incomplete without some robotic resections under the belt. Henry Zhang explains how he did it and outlines the options available. With a wide range of applications in both benign...