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European Rhinoplasty Course 2019: ENT, Plastic and Maxillo-Facial Surgery

27 February 2019 -1 March 2019 | ENT, Facial Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery
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Hearing test apps: how reliable are they?

4 September 2023 | | Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult
There are seemingly hundreds of hearing test apps available, designed to be a screening tool for those interested in learning more about their hearing while doing so in the comfort of their home and without needing to wait for an...

Use of a diode laser for the removal of a frontal sinus osteoma

1 November 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus
In this How I Do It, Professor Sergei Karpischenko introduces a gentle method of reduction of mobilised frontal sinus osteoma which has been successfully used in five patients in his university clinic using a diode laser in contact mode. Osteoma...

Brussels, a multicultural city with varied ENT practice

1 January 2019 | | ENT
Brussels has a proud history in the world of ENT. Jérome Lechien, who is on the Communications Committee for the CEORL-HNS 2019 Congress, and Daniele de Siati, a member of the international Scientific Committee, give us a history lesson and...

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...

CI Advocacy in Action

9 May 2024 -10 May 2024 | Auditory Implants
Is this a world record for the most people with cochlear implants at a conference? Helen Cullington, University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service. I was lucky enough to go to the first ever global conference held by the Cochlear Implant...

Guillotines from Joseph‑Ignace Guillotin to Greenfield Sluder

3 November 2023 | | ENT
Joseph‑Ignace Guillotin. The politician and physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814) was so disgusted by brutal head and shoulder injuries sustained in ‘failed attempts’ by drunken axe-wielding executioners during the French Revolution that he and surgeon Antoine Louis (1723-1792) advocated not only...

Recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis: What to do next?

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst the majority of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) will significantly improve with treatment, we are sometimes left with a ‘hard-core’ of nasal cripples who fail to improve despite our best efforts. How can we deal with these patients? Valerie...

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19
Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...

Life Down Under: an overview of the Sydney Endoscopic Ear Fellowship

9 September 2020 | | ENT, Otology
As we emerge from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the first half of 2020, trainee colleagues will be looking to their future once again. Options may include fellowships, and we are delighted to have Dr Andrew Ma share...

Type 1 thyroplasty using a novel and inflatable implant from APrevent® VOIS

4 July 2024 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENT
Unilateral vocal cord immobility severely impacts voice, swallowing, and airway functions. A novel approach offers adjustable medialisation for improved patient outcomes. Unilateral vocal cord immobility (UVCI) can cause significant disability to voice, swallowing, and airway functions. Patients with UVCI may...

Anaesthesia for free-flap surgery

1 November 2019 | | ENT
Adel Hutchinson is one of those calm and controlled anaesthetists for whom nothing seems too difficult. In this article, she describes the key perioperative factors for one of the highest complexity operations in ENT; free-flap surgery. It makes good reading...