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An overview of human factors in ENT and anaesthesia
1 November 2019
| James Bates, Christopher Frerk (Prof)
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ENTA - ENT
James Bates and Chris Frerk are both passionate about how human factors science can improve safety in healthcare and have co-authored this article describing how communication, ergonomics and other non-technical skills are making operating theatres safer. There is no doubt...
Use of angular vessels in head and neck free-tissue transfer – a comprehensive preclinical evaluation
1 March 2015
| Bilal Gani Taib
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Free tissue transfer (FTT) has transformed the capabilities in head and neck reconstruction. Rotational and pedicled flaps are limited by the pedicle length, the type of tissue required and the size of the defect. FTT helps lessen the impact of...
In conversation with Professor Paul J Donald
1 November 2014
| Patrick J Bradley (Prof)
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Prof Paul J Donald has recently stepped down as Chairman of the ORL-HN Department at UC Davis in Sacramento and is winding down to retirement. In this interview with Prof Pat Bradley, Prof Donald explains some of the highlights of...
Facial Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive
1 November 2015
| M Shahed Quraishi (Prof) OBE
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ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Following Professor Cheney’s first popular publication in 1995 on flaps and reconstruction and subsequent second edition, he has now co-edited with Tessa Hadlock a comprehensive two-volume production. They have put together an extensive range of plastic and reconstructive surgery in...
The effects of polypharmacy in the elderly
Another pill to cure the ill? Alec Lapira discusses the warning signs of polypharmacy in the elderly population. Polypharmacy in the elderly Polypharmacy – defined as the use of five or more medications – occurs in 20–37% of older people...
Counting up discourse
30 April 2020
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Speech and language researchers and health professionals alike strive to measure communication abilities using relevant and psychometrically sound tools. Discourse measures are potential tools which reflect everyday communication more accurately than other more traditional measures. However, time has been a...
Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing
3 November 2023
| Emilie Dronkers
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
This 300-page practical book on Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing is written by a single author, Walt Fritz, who is a US-based manual therapist. The first 150 pages include an overly detailed introduction, including his personal view and journey...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders – Fourth Edition
1 March 2017
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
This is one of a very few large comprehensive laryngology texts, now in its fourth edition. The editors and the various authors of the chapters are specialists with international reputations in their respective fields. In this edition, the text has...
Lawrence Werth (19 October 1956 – 19 August 2014)
1 November 2014
In August the audiology community was saddened to learn that Lawrence Werth (57), Chairman of PC Werth Ltd, London had passed away after a brave battle with skin cancer. A prolific contributor to this magazine over the years, he is...
Pocket Tutor Otolaryngology – Second Edition
The Pocket Tutor series has succeeded again with a visually different second edition of Otolaryngology. Mr Bhattacharyya has now joined with fellow ENT Consultant, Ms Ifeacho and ENT trainee, Mr Zhang, to produce a revised pocket companion fit for the...
Medical information required with requests for CT scans of the temporal bones; a two cycle audit
1 September 2014
| Madhup K Chaurasia
It is a common experience that radiology reports on the CT scans of the temporal bones do not always reach a diagnosis. Various studies have produced differing results in that detailed information may not be necessary to help reach a...
Octreotide in the medical management of chyle fistula post neck dissection
1 November 2015
| Shabbir Akhtar
Chyle leak, although rare (1% and 2.5%), is a well-documented complication following surgical dissection of the neck. Although the left side of the neck is the most common site, chyle fistulas have been reported in the right side of the...
