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Smoking causes cancer – so what’s new?

1 March 2017 |
You may well ask what is the novel value of a paper looking at smoking habits in patients with confirmed head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but this paper highlights some pertinent points for clinical practice in the current...

The video head impulse test: an aid to the diagnosis of spinocerebellar ataxias

1 January 2017 | | Friedreich ataxia, Neuro-otology, spinocerebellar ataxia, vestibular function tests, vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)
Spinocerebellar and Friedreich ataxias (SCA and FA) by their nature present in neuro-otology clinics. The diagnosis is ultimately genetic but the authors investigated the characteristics of the VOR using the video head impulse test (vHIT) in order to distinguish between...

Finding the elusive parathyroid glands

1 January 2017 | | Parathyroid glands anatomy, Recurrent laryngeal nerve, failed surgical explorations, Parathyroid gland embryology, ectopic locations, supernumerary glands
While reading in the literature about new advances in knowledge and surgical techniques, it is often easy to lose track of the longstanding knowledge that we all acquired during our training. This is why this article on the anatomy and...

Clinical assessment in OSA

1 January 2016 | | airway evaluation, airway classification, Müller maneuver, pharyngometry
This paper divides the assessment up into anatomical (nasal and oropharyngeal), endoscopic and imaging. It points out the salient features to look out for in OSA patients with regards the nasal valve and also oropharyngeal anatomy, with tonsil hypertrophy grading...

Cambodian Otology Fellowship report

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Otology
Further to a Humanitarian News article published in the November/December 2014 issue of ENT and Audiology News (see article here), this is a report of Charlie Huins’ six-month experience as the first ENT Fellow at the Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC),...

2020 Lancet Commission on dementia: a call to action for integrated hearing healthcare

3 March 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Dr Georgiou’s summary of the 2020 update to the 2017 Lancet Commission underscores the importance of medical and hearing healthcare professionals working together to tackle the modifiable risk factors that affect individuals throughout their lives, to help delay or even...

Endoscopic ‘syringe and cutdown’ technique for nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children

3 May 2024 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
This article presents a novel yet simple technique to help in the management of congenital NLDO. The authors propose it as a valuable addition to existing standard procedures. Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) is a condition encountered within the first...

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) - Part 2

1 November 2016 | | Rhinology / Sinus
In the first of this two-part series, Martyn Barnes and colleagues discussed indications for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), the surgical objectives and techniques, patient expectations and the risks of surgery [1]. In this second and final part, the authors...

In conversation with Professor John Fenton

1 March 2018 | | ENT, Head and Neck
John Fenton, Republic of Ireland, has recently been appointed President of the Union Européene Des Médicins Spécialistes (UEMS) ORL or European Union of Medical Specialists ORL Section. We caught up with him to find out a little more about his...

In Memory: An Interview with Professor Leslie Michaels

1 April 2019 | | ENT, Head and Neck
The Memorial Service for Professor Leslie Michaels takes place next week (mid-April 2019). Professor Michaels was the former Professor of Pathology at the Institute of Laryngology and Otology at UCL and The RNTN&E Hospital. His inspirational achievements are worthy of...

Hearing, tinnitus and hyperacusis in the arts

1 July 2018 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Adult
Hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis are discussed by David Baguley from the unique perspective of their depictions in literature, music, film and paintings. This article provides unusual and invaluable reflective opportunities for the patient-centred clinician! Audiologists and otologists understand hearing...

St Æbbe the Younger of Coldingham, patron saint of the nose

4 March 2024 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Stories of the saints are often rather dark and unpleasant – and this is certainly the case with St Æbbe, as we hear from our roving historian, John Riddington Young. In two previous articles, we have discovered the fascinating stories...