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New MRI technique assesses treatment response in skull base osteomyelitis

1 September 2016 |
This paper describes another useful imaging technique to monitor Necrotising Otitis Externa (NOE). Echoplanar diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW MR) shows high signal on the ‘ADC map’ with active disease and this reduces in signal intensity as symptoms improve. This...

Could social isolation be a factor in the link between hearing loss and dementia?

26 June 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Neurotology
In 1802, Beethoven wrote to his brothers Carl and Johann about his hearing loss: “You men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause...

Percutaneous tracheostomy in anticoagulated patients

27 February 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Head and Neck | Dilatation percutaneous tracheotomy, anticoagulant therapy, bleeding complications, intensive care unit
This Belgian study looked at the risks and complications of bedside percutaneous tracheostomy in patients who received anticoagulant therapy. The 231 tracheostomies included in the study were performed over an eight-year period by two otolaryngologists using bronchoscopic guidance. The mean...

Blood type and epistaxis

1 January 2017 | | 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...

Radiofrequency for tonsillectomy

1 July 2015 |
This Turkish study compared the use of radiofrequency (RF) tonsillectomy to the more traditional cold steel dissection (CD) technique. The authors enrolled 114 patients undergoing tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis and tonsil hypertrophy (causing upper airway obstruction) over a 4-month period....

Recurrent respiratory papilloma treatment in the office

1 September 2018 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this interesting new article, Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe their technique for managing recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis in an outpatient setting using channelled endoscopes. The recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) of the larynx is a chronic HPV-associated viral disease. Clinical...

In Memory: An Interview with Professor Leslie Michaels

1 April 2019 | | ENT, Head and Neck
The Memorial Service for Professor Leslie Michaels takes place next week (mid-April 2019). Professor Michaels was the former Professor of Pathology at the Institute of Laryngology and Otology at UCL and The RNTN&E Hospital. His inspirational achievements are worthy of...

Music and single-sided deafness: challenges and solutions

1 September 2015 | | Audiology - Adult
Music is an integral part of many of our lives, providing entertainment, relaxation and a backing track to our past experiences. In this overview, Gemma Crundwell and David Baguley examine the impact of SSD on the perception of music and...

Intratympanic steroids in Ménière's disease: what’s the evidence?

2 September 2022 | | ENT, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Adult, Otology
The days of drastic surgery for Ménière's disease are long gone. We know that intratympanic injections can deliver high doses of medication to the inner ear with minimal discomfort and minimal risk. But how do we choose from the myriad...

Maxillofacial and neck surgery in Iraq and Afghanistan

1 July 2014 | | ENT, Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology, 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...

Extended benefits of cochlear implantation in the elderly

1 September 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants, ENT, Otology
With the challenges presented by an ageing population, Louise Craddock and Charlie Huins describe the benefits of cochlear implants for deaf elderly adults that go beyond improvement of hearing and speech understanding. Introduction People aged over 65 make up 7.4%...

Physician illness

1 September 2018 | | ENT
Getting in the zone, recognising our personal stress limits and looking after ourselves are vital components in our efforts to stay healthy advises Abbie Lane, after almost a generation of de-stressing others. They say a rugby player like Brian O’Driscoll...