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The power of (younger versus older) lips
1 July 2019
| Anna Volkmer
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ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
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ageing, force control, orofacial, perception, vibration
The Directional into Velocity of Articulators (DIVA) model theorises that we require both auditory and sensory feedback - from our articulators - in order to ensure we are able to produce precise and powerful articulatory movements. This study aimed to...
Robotic surgery for ventral skull base malignancy
9 October 2017
| Wai Sum Cho
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Malignancies, Robotic surgery, Sinonasal, Skull base, Ventral skull base
The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the head and neck area has been shown to be a safe and effective technique, achieving good oncological clearance of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottis and glottic area. However, robotic surgery for the...
Helmets make a difference in bicycle injuries
4 March 2024
| Stuart Clark
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ENTA - Head & Neck
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Bicycling, Head protective devices, Helmets, Maxillofacial injuries, Traffic accidents
This is a meta-analysis of maxillofacial injuries arising from riding a bicycle. The incidence of maxillofacial fractures in cycling accidents varies from 3-20% and, whilst the effectiveness of helmets in preventing traumatic brain injuries is well known, their protective effect...
Temporal bone trauma
1 July 2014
| Neil Sharma, Richard M Irving
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Introduction Temporal bone injuries represent one of the more complex management problems presenting to the otolaryngologist. This is largely due to difficulties in assessment and the frequent delays in referral, often as a result of other injuries demanding more immediate...
Salivary duct clipping for drooling
1 November 2017
| Ravi Thevasagayam, Kim Ah-See (Prof)
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ENTA - Head & Neck
Drooling can be a challenging problem to manage in paediatric ENT. The variety of medical and surgical treatments suggests that there is no gold standard treatment. Nicola Stobbs and Ravi Thevasagayam describe an approach to ligating the salivary ducts. Drooling...
Diagnosing and managing somatic tinnitus
2 November 2020
| Sarah Michiels
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ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Tinnitus
Interactions between auditory and somatosensory pathways can lead to interesting tinnitus experiences which can be very bothersome. Dr Sarah Michiels describes her pioneering work in this area, and the possibilities of physiotherapy based therapy. Background Somatic (also called somatosensory) tinnitus...
Otorhinolaryngology training in Haiti: a call for accompaniment
25 April 2023
| Patrick Jean-Gilles, David Ambroise, Jean-Louis Esdras, Kenley Romelus, Olivier Mortel, Rolvix H Patterson
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ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Haiti is a small Caribbean country in which a group of freedom fighters successfully defied Napoleon and the French military. It has faced embargoes, economic isolation, political crises and devastating natural disasters since its independence. Its GDP is 0.01% of...
Preoperative planning of the surgical patient
9 October 2017
| Deepak Chandrasekharan
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Airway assessment, Medical history, Medication reconciliation, Patient preparation, Perioperative antibiotics, Postoperative analgesia, Postoperative nausea and vomiting, Transference of care
This article covers the need to effectively optimise patient status preoperatively to help maximise postoperative outcomes. The article is well written and emphasises close liaison with anaesthetic colleagues particularly regarding airway assessment and nausea and vomiting. As is becoming common...
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...
Indication and timing of electrodiagnostic tests in facial palsy
2 September 2022
| Gauri Mankekar
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ENTA - Head & Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurotology, Otology
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Facial paralysis, Electrodiagnostic testing, Neurophysiologic testing, Electromyography, Electroneuronography
This excellent review describes the benefits and limitations of electrodiagnostic testing for patients with facial paralysis. Tests such as Schirmer, stapedial reflex and electrogustometry have been largely replaced by neurophysiologic tests like nerve excitability test (NET), electroneuronography (ENoG), surface electromyography...
Therapeutic ultrasound for tumours
1 January 2017
| Gauri Mankekar
This review article provides details about the potential applications of transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), its mechanism of action and the studies that have set the basis for its use in neuro-oncology. FUS is an emerging modality of therapy for various...
