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The use of THRIVE in laryngology and phonosurgery

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The team in Lewisham has been using THRIVE for our phonosurgical cases for about a year. Here, we discuss the pros, cons and potential pitfalls of setting up and using THRIVE as ventilation during anaesthesia rather than using an ML...

Greener pastures? Reflections from UK ENT surgeons now practising abroad

1 March 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Ever considered practising ENT abroad? Here are some experiences of previously UK-based ENT surgeons who took the plunge and are now plying their trade in distant lands. Andrew McCombe ENT ConsultantDate of migration: December 2015Place of work: Mediclinic City Hospital,...

Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Epiphora, or abnormal tearing, occurs because of blockage in the lacrimal drainage system, which impairs normal tear channeling into the nose. Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is used to treat patients diagnosed with lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). External DCR was...

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) - Part 1

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In the first of a two-part series, Martyn Barnes and colleagues discuss indications for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), the surgical objectives and techniques, patient expectations and the risks of surgery. In part two, the authors will discuss how to...

Imaging and management of head and neck vascular anomalies

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery
Vascular anomalies are a diffuse spectrum of abnormalities which often involve the head, neck and oral cavity. They are frequently misnamed, often being generically labelled as haemangiomas. This lack of basic understanding can cause confusion leading to a cascade of...

Endoscopic airway interventions in children

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, 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...

COVID-19 in China: the experience of an ENT team

30 April 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
In January, we first heard of COVID-19. As we currently do battle with it on our own shores, colleagues in China share their story with us as life there slowly and cautiously begins to return to normal and the country...

“Oh Manchester is Wonderful”...And other chants you might hear from the football stands or at BACO

1 January 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Chris Potter is a lad of the North West, and we see him here letting his bleach blond hair grow out to show us his Northern roots. When I was a lad, Manchester was a troubled city in apparent terminal...

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...

In conversation with Professor Anne Schilder

1 January 2016 | | ENTA-ENT
Flying the flag for research in ENT, hearing and balance Anne Schilder is an NIHR Research Professor and leads the evidENT team at the Ear Institute at University College London. She also holds a Chair in Paediatric ENT at UCL...

Tonsillectomy in adolescents

1 January 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Paediatrics
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common operations performed across the developed world. Salil Sood and Ray Clarke discuss the special considerations that apply when performing this procedure on adolescent patients. Tonsillitis in teenagers can be exceptionally painful and disruptive....