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DP Medical brings groundbreaking non-occlusive airway dilation balloon to UK market

31 October 2022 | Research & Development
Leading healthcare supplies company, DP Medical Systems Ltd, is bringing a groundbreaking, non-occlusive airway dilation balloon to the UK market.

Anaesthesia for free-flap surgery

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-ENT
Adel Hutchinson is one of those calm and controlled anaesthetists for whom nothing seems too difficult. In this article, she describes the key perioperative factors for one of the highest complexity operations in ENT; free-flap surgery. It makes good reading...
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The Laryngectomee Guide

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
As a Macmillan Head and Neck Specialist Nurse, I was very pleased to be asked to review this book, The Laryngectomee Guide, by Itzhak Brook, MD. It is fair to say that for most laryngectomy patients, life does go on...

Pomegranate juice as an otoprotective agent

1 November 2014 | | Otology
Chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin, given alongside irradiation, offer a survival advantage in head and neck cancer. Some patients often complain bitterly about side-effects of their treatment, one of which is ototoxicity. In this paper, the authors propose the use...

What is the evidence for contralateral tonsillectomy in TORS for known unilateral tonsil malignancy?

1 January 2018 | | bilateral tonsillar cancer, contralateral tonsillar cancer, tonsillar cancer, transoral robotic surgery (TORS)
The concept of field changes by carcinogens within the upper aerodigestive tract is well established with reported rates of synchronous tumours of 4% and second primaries of 36%. The tonsil in particular has the highest rate of synchronous tumours, postulated...

Chemo-radiation in elderly patients with head and neck cancers

1 May 2015 |
Chemo-radiotherapy is the standard of care for organ preservation in stage three and four oropharyngeal cancer, prospective data on patients over 65 has not been available as they are usually excluded from randomised trials. This paper reviews the experience of...

KTP laser in the office

1 March 2016 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
KTP laser surgery offers a new way of selectively targeting microvasculature within laryngeal lesions and leaving normal surrounding tissues like epithelium and lamina propria intact – and thus preserving physiological phonation. This kind of selective photoangiolysis can be performed in...

Innovating around access to hearing services during the pandemic

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
COVID-19 has also presented its challenges to hearing healthcare providers and to the industry and, similarly, called for innovation and creativity. Dr Bromwich describes how these sectors are rising to the challenge. The reality of COVID-19 has been a challenging...

British Academy of Audiology Higher Training Scheme

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult
After 15 years of running the Higher Training Scheme (HTS), the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) relaunched its postgraduate training scheme this year. We hear about the updated scheme and how it combines theoretical study and clinical training to provide...

MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go

7 July 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...

COVID-19 and ENT training: experiences from around the world

7 July 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
Here, ENT trainees share their experiences of adaptations to both clinical practice and training during the COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome other colleagues from around the world to share their experiences with us via social media or the website. Australia Olivia...

An overview of human factors in ENT and anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENTA-ENT
James Bates and Chris Frerk are both passionate about how human factors science can improve safety in healthcare and have co-authored this article describing how communication, ergonomics and other non-technical skills are making operating theatres safer. There is no doubt...