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Surgical management of permanent facial paralysis

1 July 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult | Facial palsy, Facial paralysis, Facial reanimation, Facial reinnervation, Nerve grafting
This article explores the management of flaccid facial palsy focusing on weakness less than one to two years’ duration. As a general rule, primary nerve repair produces the best outcome and should be performed where possible. For long-standing paralysis of...

ENT in this issue...Global Ear and Hearing

4 May 2021 |
GUEST SECTION EDITORS Prof Mahmood F Bhutta, DPhil FRCS (ORL-HNS), Consultant and Honorary Professor in ENT Surgery, University Hospitals Sussex and Brighton & Sussex Medical School, UK. E: m.bhutta@doctors.org.uk Prof Jackie L Clark, MS, PhD, Clinical Professor, Behavioral & Brain...

CPD Certified Articles - The PMFA Journal

13 May 2019 | Awards & Conferences, Research & Development
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Planning for end of life care: is there a role for the speech and language therapist?

1 July 2017 | | clinical guidelines, clinical practice, palliative care, speech-language pathology
This article presents a scoping review of the research literature on the role of speech and language therapists in palliative care settings. The researchers conducted a search using several electronic databases focusing on palliative, terminal and end of life (EOL)...

Microgravity: an extreme environment for otolith organs

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Motion sickness in a car can be upsetting for all involved. Transferring this concept into a tiny cabin bound for space could have devastating consequences. Are the processes involved in ‘space motion sickness’ the same as motion sickness? How do...

3D ultrasonography for evaluation of muscles following facial palsy

1 September 2014 | | 3D-Sonography, Facial musculature, Facial nerve, Facial palsy, Reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive surgery for facial nerve palsies is not recommended beyond two to three years after a degenerative facial nerve lesion. Since the time course of muscle atrophy is variable, this timeline is a rough guideline. The only assessment method currently...

From the editor MarApr 2022

2 March 2022 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net If you were a gastroenterologist or an ankle surgeon, you might have imagined that it would...
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Gender inequality across medical specialties in the United States

9 September 2020 | | Neurotology, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery | Gender differences, Patient satisfaction, Residency
The authors of this study collected and evaluated 4222 surveys of patient satisfaction ratings of male and female residents across subspecialties in the United States. Half of the evaluated residents were females, with first and second year residents being evaluated...

In search of courage; transition 
into Army

1 July 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
In search of courage. Well, that is how it all started. I was fairly advanced in surgical training not to mention age, when I decided to join the Territorial Army (TA). My peers, on hearing this couldn’t decide whether I...

ENT in this issue...Multidisciplinary Teams

30 April 2020 |
Joanne Rimmer, MBBS, MA(Hons) Cantab, FRCS(ORL-HNS), FRACS, Consultant Otolaryngologist / Rhinologist, Monash Health; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. E: rimmer.joanne@gmail.com The multidisciplinary team (MDT) has long been regarded as the gold standard in cancer care,...

Selective upper airway stimulation

1 May 2016 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is one of the most common diseases in industrialised countries and is characterised by an intermittent obstruction of the upper airway during sleep. The standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which...

Temporal bone trauma

1 July 2014 | | 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...