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A histological test for LPR?
1 September 2018
| Christopher Burgess
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Biomarker, Immunohistochemical staining, Laryngopharyngeal Reflux, Pepsin, Vocal fold leukoplakia
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is often considered to be a contributory factor to the development of a spectrum of laryngeal abnormalities including vocal cord leukoplakia and dysplasia. This is especially the case when traditional risk factors, such as tobacco smoking, are...
Retrospective review of paediatric salivary gland tumours
As is the case with adults, primary tumours of the salivary glands in children comprise a heterogeneous collection of different histological types. This paper presents a retrospective review of primary salivary gland tumours in children treated over the course of...Predicting the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma after salvage surgery
1 November 2017
| Shabbir Akhtar
Loco-regional recurrence of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) continues to be a life-threatening and difficult clinical situation. Salvage surgery can result in significant morbidities, and survival following recurrence is generally poor. In this study from Ontario, Canada, prognostic factors...
Ida Institute joins Demant
28 November 2023
The Ida Institute, the hearing-care pioneer, has joined Demant, the Denmark-based hearing healthcare group.
Finding the elusive parathyroid glands
1 January 2017
| Suzanne Jervis
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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...
When you regret an implant!
4 March 2024
| Hassan Mohammed
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Otology
Cochlear implants (CIs) offer a solution to hearing loss not helped by conventional hearing aids. CIs help in improving speech recognition scores. While significant, it is not sufficient to provide satisfaction in some implantees. Alignment between expectations and realistic outcomes...
Hearing aids in children for language development
1 September 2016
| Linnea Cheung
This article summarises the current evidence and a recent study examining the factors influencing language development in children fitted with hearing aids in order to aid clinical decision making. The aims were to examine amplification factors that could be targeted...
Adenoid cystic carcinoma – insights from a national database
4 July 2024
| Christopher Burgess
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a rare cancer of the salivary glands that accounts for approximately 1% of all head and neck malignancies. Hallmarks of this cancer type include a predilection for perineural infiltration, a prolonged clinical course with late...
Interacoustics introduces ACT™ on Callisto™
7 January 2025
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Company Profiles, Research & Development
Interacoustics is excited to announce that the game-changing Audible Contrast Threshold test (ACT) is now available with the Callisto. This means that Callisto users can address the number one complaint from people with hearing loss: hearing in noisy situations. ACT...
Tinnitus in middle-age: prevalence and incidence
1 March 2015
| Mark Edmondson-Jones, Deborah Hall (Prof)
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Population-based studies of tinnitus provide crucial underpinning evidence which highlights the need for further research on the effective diagnosis and clinical management of this heterogenous condition. Furthermore, such studies provide evidence of the burden of this condition both on the...
Blood type and epistaxis
1 January 2017
| Sunil Sharma
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Epistaxis, idiopathic, O blood group, risk factor, Turkish population
In this Turkish study, the authors attempted to determine if there was an association between ABO blood type and epistaxis. They looked at 359 epistaxis admissions at the same hospital over a three-year period. Only patients with idiopathic epistaxis were...