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Recent advances in the diagnosis of silent reflux
The vexed topic of reflux always generates much discussion, particularly when it comes to testing. We hear about a non-invasive assay that is gaining in popularity. Voice disorders impact around four percent of the UK population and can significantly hamper...
New MRI technique assesses treatment response in skull base osteomyelitis
1 September 2016
| Anand Kasbekar
This paper describes another useful imaging technique to monitor Necrotising Otitis Externa (NOE). Echoplanar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW MR) shows high signal on the ‘ADC map’ with active disease and this reduces in signal intensity as symptoms improve. This...
The challenges in the risk stratification of thyroid nodules and cancers: the role of molecular testing
7 January 2025
| Mohannad Rajab, Richard J Payne (Prof)
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Around the world, molecular testing is becoming more widely used to personalise the management of thyroid nodules. Thyroid nodules are relatively common. They are palpable in ~5% of the population, while high-resolution ultrasound (US) incidentally finds them in 19–68% of...
BTA – shortlisted for ‘Best not for profit’ communications award
12 July 2020
The BTA and Evergreen PR launched the Tinnitus Manifesto with support from politicians, academics and people with tinnitus. The campaign has attracted more than…
Meanwhile I Keep Dancing
1 January 2015
| Claire Benton
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ENTA - ENT
Meanwhile I Keep Dancing is one Mum’s story of the journey she and her two sons have been on since their hearing loss was diagnosed. It covers her experience of dealing with a multitude of professionals, dealing with making decisions...
Assessment of temporal bone skills on 3D-printed temporal bones – a useful training curriculum?
5 January 2022
| Madhup K Chaurasia
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Otology
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Otolaryngology, Otologic Surgical Procedures, Printing
The authors contend it is now archaic to follow Halstead’s model of surgical training, namely ‘see one, do one and teach one’. Simulated training is now widely used in many surgical specialities. With every surgical trainee having an individual learning...
Endoscopic sinus surgery improves Eustachian tube dysfunction
2 March 2022
| Suki Ahluwalia
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ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
This prospective, multicentre trial from China looked at the improvement in Eustachian tube function after endoscopic sinus surgery. Seventy patients from three tertiary units were included in the study. They all completed the Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETDQ-7) and SNOT-22 questionnaires...
Role of non-echo planar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in detection of cholesteatoma
5 July 2022
| Madhup K Chaurasia
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Otology
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Cholesteatoma, Diagnosis, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Whilst the method of canal wall down and same-session reconstruction is emerging to be more popular, canal wall up procedures are still performed. In either, it is necessary to ensure eradication of cholesteatoma or detect its recurrence. The reliability of...
Audiology and COVID-19
1 July 2021
| Joanna Lemanska
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, COVID-19
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Tele-audiology/tele-health, hearing-aids, pediatric, tinnitus
COVID-19 affected all clinical services in a very short time, including audiology. This service improvement investigation concentrated on how audiology services in the UK were impacted by the virus and how perception of tele-audiology changed. About 120 practising audiologists were...
Long-term curative effects of microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
1 July 2021
| Gauri Mankekar
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Neurotology, Otology, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
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Elderly patients, Hemifacial spasm, Microvascular decompression
This article describes results of a multicentre prospective trial performed to evaluate long- and short-term outcomes and complications of patients who underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS). The surgeries were performed by surgeons with more than 15 years...
Structures determining T4a, T4b
1 July 2021
| Stuart Clark
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ENTA - Head & Neck
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compartment surgery, masticator space, oral cancer, survival, unresectable tumours
This paper for tertiary cancer centre in India attempted to determine whether patients with T4b oral cancers involving the 'masticator space' should be treated with survival intent comparable to T4a cancers. Over a 7-year period, 30 patients with T4b cancers...
