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How reliable is non-echoplanar diffusion-weighted MRI in picking up postoperative cholesteatoma in children?

4 September 2023 | | Otology | Cholesteatoma, Diagnostic Imaging, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mastoidectomy, Pediatrics
Cholesteatoma occurs more often in children than in adults and is more aggressive, often resulting in ossicular erosion and marked conductive loss, amongst other more serious possibilities. Recurrence happens in all three methods used, namely canal wall up, canal wall...

Allergy testing in children with beta-lactam hypersensitivity

1 July 2018 | | beta-lactam hypersensitivity, child, oral challenge, skin tests
The beta-lactam antibiotic is commonly used in treating ENT infections in childhood. However, its use can be limited by reported hypersensitivity or allergy to the antibiotic. This is largely attributed to the previous development of skin rashes while being on...

CT-scan instead of rigid bronchoscopy in paediatric foreign body aspiration?

1 March 2018 | | Airway, Bronchoscopy, CT-scan, Foreign body
Many centres would still use rigid bronchoscopy as the gold standard for possible foreign body aspiration (FBA) in children. Evidence is growing that CT scanning in these situations is a reliable alternative, especially as rigid bronchoscopy (RB) still carries a...
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Lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer

4 March 2024 | | Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Lymph node dissection, metastasis, neck dissection, papillary thyroid cancer, thyroid
This retrospective Korean cohort study looked at the risk factors associated with bilateral lateral lymph node metastases in patients with unilateral papillary thyroid cancer. There were 11 patients who met the inclusion criteria across an 11-year period from 2009 to...

Simulation: human factors scenario training

1 January 2014 | | ENT
It is said that surgical training has suffered as a result of a combination of factors – through the introduction of work time restrictions such as the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) [1], a limit on the number of years...

This surgeon learned the power of Twitter / Twitter: an ENT surgeon’s perspective

1 September 2015 | | ENT
This surgeon learned the power of Twitter I was once Australia’s most followed surgeon on Twitter, according to my dear wife. She was probably right, as always. I had more than 3,700 followers on my account, but very few people...

The role of macrolide antibiotics in chronic rhinosinusitis

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
The use of long-term antibiotics in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis is a contentious issue, not only because of the increasing problem with antibiotic resistance but also because of the potential cardiac risks, including sudden death. In this article, Anders...

Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Can workers from the local community plug the workforce gap in providing ear and hearing care? Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across...

What’s new in protecting hearing?

1 May 2016 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Preventing an avoidable hearing loss before it begins would be the public health dream. In this article Kathleen Campbell takes us through one option that is showing the potential to fulfil that ambition. Kathleen explains the development of a preventative...

The power of the multidisciplinary team in paediatric cochlear implant assessment

30 April 2020 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology
Marette, Kate and Justine from the Birmingham Paediatric Centre give a detailed insight into how their team works together to assess children and young people for potential cochlear implantation. Cochlear implants and the specialist MDT The multidisciplinary team in cochlear...

A snapshot of UK newborn hearing screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic

28 July 2020 | | COVID-19, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, new guidance for newborn hearing screening programmes and management of audiology referrals was released by Public Health England [1,2]. There was also joint guidance from the UK professional bodies [3] and guidance from NHS England regarding...

Bringing ear care and hearing services to the hardest to reach: the potential of primary healthcare workers

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology
Can workers from the local community plug the workforce gap in providing ear and hearing care? Bringing ear and hearing care services closer to the community remains a key component of reducing the burden of ear and hearing conditions across...