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Lockdown has been bad for children, but it might mean they don’t need surgery anymore
2 November 2020
| Robert Nash
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Paediatric ENT
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COVID-19, Lockdown, OSAS, URTIs, Adenotonsillar hypertrophy, Therapy
Our editor’s choice for this edition reviews an article looking at the effects of lockdown on symptom prevalence in children with adenotonsillar diseases. In this unprecedented COVID-19 era that we are all living and working in, risk assessment has taken...
Comparison between objective and subjective BPPV
1 March 2017
| Sangeeta Maini
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, canalolithiasis, nystagmus, repositioning manoeuvre
BPPV presentation in ENT clinics is variable. The objective of this study was to examine differences in demographic and clinical features, as well as treatment outcomes, between classic objective BPPV (O-BPPV) and subjective BPPV (S-BPPV). Unlike classic BPPV (with nystagmus),...
Voice after posterior cordotomy: we think voice is bad, patients think it’s better!
1 January 2017
| Shabbir Akhtar
Bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI) is a condition that can affect voice with an impact on quality of life (QOL). Surgical trauma from damage to bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerves, such as from previous thyroid, parathyroid, or mediastinal surgery are common...
ESPO Marseille 2020
The biennial ESPO meetings have established themselves as the premier forum for paediatric otolaryngologists to share their knowledge and research. Hardly has ESPO Stockholm finished, and plans are already underway for ESPO 2020. Jean-Michel Triglia and Richard Nicollas and tell...
Comprehensive Management of Swallowing Disorders – Second Edition
On first glimpse this 548-page A4 book looked like it was going to be a nightmare to review, but once I started reading, I was pleasantly surprised. This is the second edition of this American book with the first edition...
On-call in ENT Surgery
4 May 2021
| Z Heng
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ENTA - ENT
The On-call in ENT Surgery, as part of the On-call Series, is written explicitly as the “survival guide” for all junior doctors starting out in ENT or as “a tool to aid consolidation of knowledge gathered by more senior ENT...
SnapPROBE™ Accessories for Sera™, easyScreen™ and Novus™ with Sanibel Supply
5 May 2021
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Research & Development
Newborn hearing screening demands complex and sensitive technology to record the electrophysiological and physiological responses needed (ABR and OAE).
The telemedicine genie is out of the bottle
4 May 2021
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Delivering healthcare interventions remotely is not a new concept. The authors of this article provide a brief history dating back to the 1930s, when the International Radio Medical Centre was established to transmit medical advice to global seafarers. In the...
The right to choose: stories from the rare dementias
7 January 2021
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
People with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) experience an insidious onset and gradual decline in language on a background of lesser or no cognitive impairment, hence a language-led dementia. There are three different PPA variants that correspond with three different clinical...
Back to the future: aphasia therapy post stroke
30 April 2020
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
When speech and language therapist first started working with people with stroke-related aphasia, they employed a general stimulation approach, the same with every patient they met. In the '70s this changed, and a more tailored approach was developed whereby therapists...
Operate, Operate, Operate! A young surgeon in the 1970s
4 May 2023
| Raguwinder (Bindy) Sahota
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ENTA - ENT
The book is a memoir of Douglas MacMillan’s experiences as a young surgeon in the 1970s. MacMillan describes his journey from medical school to training and becoming a consultant ENT surgeon. He shares stories about his challenges as a young...
