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Reflections on educational gatherings in the COVID era

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Covid-19, ENTA-ENT
The COVID pandemic has brought disruption and uncertainty for the organisers of medical conferences. ENT and audiology have always thrived on a healthy exchange of views and the sharing of knowledge across subspecialties and across national boundaries. Ray Clarke asked...
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Does middle turbinate resection affect olfaction in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA-Skull Base Surgery | endoscopic endonasal approach, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, middle turbinate resection, olfaction
The middle turbinates (MT) are sometimes partially resected during endoscopic transnasal transsphenoidal pituitary surgery to improve surgical access. Some outfracture the middle turbinates instead. This article presents results of the first prospective randomised study, investigating the effects of such surgery...

The development of endoscopic sinus surgery – a meeting of three great minds

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
The story of the development of endoscopic sinus surgery is inextricably linked with the names of Stammberger, Messerklinger and Storz. Karl Storz’s daughter, Sybill Storz, tells us more. We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation of...

Reflux – diagnostic tools and special considerations in singers

3 September 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Depending on your point of view, laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is either ubiquitous or is over-diagnosed. Are singers more prone to LPR? What are the best tests? Mark Watson and Jane Shaw tell us more. Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR: the backflow of...

Tonsillitis and tonsillectomies: where do we go from Paradise?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Landmark Paper: Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Bachman RZ, et al. Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children – results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med 1984;310(11):674-83. The Paradise paper on tonsillectomy...

What I look for at a conference (and why you should go to BACO 2023)

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
Professor Claire Hopkins has attended more than her fair share of international meetings, and she shares her top tips. COVID has changed the face of medical education forever – who would have thought only a few years ago that we...

Biologic therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a new paradigm

5 July 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Surgery for nasal polyposis has evolved significantly in the last 30 years, and now the medical management may be on the cusp of a revolution. Biologics using monoclonal antibodies to target specific immune pathways have introduced a paradigm shift in...

An interview about ENT – ‘edutainment’ with Short Sharp Scratch Productions

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
Short Sharp Scratch Productions came to the attention of Rosaleen Shine who forwarded details of their YouTube videos. Omar Hafeez-Bore and Nicola Lowe created a series of informative and educational videos of basic ENT skills during their ENT placement as...

Collaborating with patients on research priorities in hyperacusis: the James Lind Alliance project

1 January 2019 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Tinnitus
An innovative and inclusive approach to the identification and prioritisation of research questions is to place the views of patients at the heart of the process, and in partnership with clinicians. The application of this to hyperacusis is described by...

Changing the face of global health: short-term surgical trips

8 October 2020 |
With the growth of global health awareness, global surgery has emerged as a key focus area. This article examines short-term surgical trips (STSTs) as one of the ways used to address some of the gaps in global surgery. It demonstrates...

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 2 - rhomboid and bilobed flaps

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
In the second of our series on local skin flaps (see Part 1 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here), the authors describe more techniques and examples of various skin flaps that trainees should find very interesting. Rhomboid flap...