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BACO 2015: Meet the Key Brits

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
The triennial BACO is always a feast of academic and social activity – and BACO 2015 promises to be as busy as ever. We hear from three of the key British speakers who are making big contributions to this year’s...
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A therapeutic algorithm for tracheoesophageal periprosthetic leakage

5 November 2021 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | management, periprosthetic leakage, postlaryngectomy rehabilitation, total laryngectomy, voice prosthesis
Tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis leakage can be intravalvular (more common) or periprosthetic (focus of this study). The authors studied the causes of periprosthetic leakage among 115 patients attending for voice prosthesis management (1374 clinic attendances) treated between December 2014 to December...

AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO

28 September 2024 -1 October 2024 | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology, Paediatric ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
The global otolaryngology community will converge on Miami Beach, Florida, Saturday, September 28 - Tuesday, October 1, to ‘Experience the Extraordinary’ for the AAO-HNSF 2024 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO. Saturday will be bookended by the Opening Ceremony, starting at...

The HEARO Procedure for cochlear implantation

3 December 2020 | | ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Cochlear implants have become the state-of-the-art treatment for profound to severe sensorineural hearing loss. Since its popularisation, many aspects of this technology have constantly been optimised. Processors have become smaller, are worn behind the ear and are even water resistant....

Endoscopic stapes surgery

14 April 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Traditionally middle ear surgery, including stapes surgery, has been performed using the operating microscope. In this article the authors describe their experience with endoscopic middle surgery and share some of its advantages. Trans-canal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) is now a...

Cochlear implants and therapeutics: a natural partnership?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Auditory Implants
Global awareness of cochlear implants as a solution for hearing loss is slowly increasing and gaining acceptance. The potential for combining cochlear implants with inner ear therapeutics is immense, with promise in several areas. This article takes us on a...

A practical approach to tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Tinnitus, ENTA-Otology
Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. The estimated prevalence in adults is between 10-15% [1]. In patients with significant tinnitus, prompting them to seek medical attention, 50% will have improved to mild or no tinnitus by...

A medical student’s perspective on the future of obstructive sleep apnoea management

17 June 2021 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea remains an immensely challenging condition to treat. Many treatments have been used over the years, but no single management strategy has proven significantly better than the others. We hear about some technological innovations in the field of...

Rhinoplasty for cleft nose deformity

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Rhinoplasty
Modern cleft lip and palate repairs produce excellent functional and aesthetic results at an early age. Tony Holmes, a craniofacial surgeon with over 40 years’ experience, shares his wisdom on the best timing and techniques for addressing the associated complex...

Hunting for the zorse - hybrid learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

3 July 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Covid-19
Emma Watts, a West Midlands ENT Registrar and Digital Fellow, gives a witty and concise recollection of ENT training during COVID, and predicts how hybrid learning may be here to stay. *A zorse is the offspring of a zebra stallion...

Maxillofacial and neck surgery in Iraq and Afghanistan

1 July 2014 | | ENTA-Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Introduction Over the past 150 years, military personnel wounded in action had a survival rate of approximately 80% [1]. During the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, those servicemen wounded in action have a 90.4% survival rate [2]. During the...

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

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-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...