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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,...

Playing hide and seek with parathyroid glands

1 March 2017 | | Hyperparathyroidism, Recurrence, Revision surgery
This article focuses on revision surgery with respect to parathyroid glands. Clearly the stakes are higher with respect to the patients’ risks, but also with respect to the revision surgeon in finding the offending gland in scar tissue, where someone...

Invasive differentiated thyroid cancer

1 November 2016 |
The majority of patients presenting with differentiated thyroid cancer have early small disease with excellent long-term outcomes. However, aerodigestive tract invasion is reported in around 10% of case series and is a poor prognostic factor. This article has been authored...

Two for the price of one - multiple parotid neoplasms

1 November 2015 | | Adenomas, Parotid, Synchronous, Unilateral
With advancing years come many benefits, but one drawback is the acquisition of parotid (or thyroid) neoplasms. Conventional teaching is that most are benign and slowly enlarge, and not infrequently are found bilaterally as in Warthin’s. Pleomorphic adenomas are also...

Back to basics: nasendoscopy beats CT, again!

1 May 2015 | | computed tomography, delivery of healthcare, deviated nasal septum, health policy, insurance, health, nasal surgical procedures, practice guidelines, septoplasty
There are few otolaryngologists (or patients) who have not been confronted with a computed tomography scan referring to a deviated septum. In a very similar way to the accidental findings of sinus mucosal thickening, the clinician is left in a...

Using tele-audiology in Zambia’s ear and hearing care desert

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Addressing the medical desert with tele-audiology and tele-education. If a ‘medical desert’ is defined as a community that lives more than 60 miles away from the nearest acute care hospital, then try to imagine an appropriate term for a situation...

Using tele-audiology in Zambia’s ear and hearing care desert

4 May 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Addressing the medical desert with tele-audiology and tele-education. If a ‘medical desert’ is defined as a community that lives more than 60 miles away from the nearest acute care hospital, then try to imagine an appropriate term for a situation...

Hearing about genes

1 May 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, ENT, Speech and Language Therapy, Otology
I have been fortunate in my career to travel as an invited lecturer at many hospitals, universities and professional societies around the world. I have spoken to audiology societies, otolaryngology societies, and university communication disorders programmes in Europe, Asia, Africa,...

A surgeon’s perspective on the challenges facing cochlear implantation in children

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology, Paediatric ENT
Cochlear implantation in children offers a different set of challenges and goals to adult practice. In this article, Iain Bruce, Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology in Manchester, UK, explains some of the current clinical and research challenges in paediatric cochlear implantation,...

Technological advances in hearing aids and their significance for people with hearing loss during a period of more than 100 years

3 November 2023 | | Audiology - Adult
Over a century of progress in hearing aid technology has transformed the lives of those with hearing impairments. From the bulky, conspicuous devices of the past, to today’s sleek, AI-powered solutions, this article explores the three key eras of development....

The making of a paediatric airway surgeon: In conversation with David Albert

31 October 2018 | | Paediatric ENT, ENT, Audiology - Paediatric
Michael Kuo interviews David Albert to find out what drew him to paediatric airway surgery, the mentors who shaped his surgical approach, and to ask his advice for budding young paediatric airway surgeons. David Albert. When did you first get...

Current management of unilateral sporadic vestibular schwannoma

10 March 2023 | | Audiology - Adult, Skull Base Surgery, Vestibular Disorders
Vestibular schwannoma is the commonest tumour of the cerebellopontine angle (80%) and accounts for around 8% of all intracranial tumours. The commonest primary presenting symptoms are audio vestibular. Hearing health professionals are often the first contact for patients with potential symptoms of vestibular schwannoma, with the majority then being seen and diagnosed by otorhinolaryngologists.