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Hydrogen peroxide and its uses in healthcare

6 September 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology | Antiseptic, Hemostasis, Hydrogen peroxide
This is an interesting review about the origin and uses of hydrogen peroxide, especially in neurosurgery. However, its uses are ubiquitous and applicable to several medical specialties. When hydrogen peroxide was first discovered in 1818 by Louis Thenard, it had...
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Hemilaryngopharyngeal Spasm (HeLPS)

3 March 2021 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Cough, Glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Hemi-laryngopharyngeal spasm, Laryngospasm, Microvascular decompression, Neurovascular compression
The authors report an unusual case of hemilaryngopharyngeal spasm (HeLPS) with glossopharyngeal neuralgia with otalgia in a middle-aged female patient. Her symptoms included left-sided sharp, electric sensation like pain radiating from her left ear to the left side of her...
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Platelet-rich plasma to reduce post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage and pain

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Otology | Hemorrhage, Platelet-Rich Plasma, Tonsillectomy, Visual Analog Scale
Minimising haemorrhage and promoting healing of raw areas are cornerstones for uneventful and speedy recovery after tonsillectomy. In this single-blinded prospective experimental study, application of platelet-rich plasma to one side tonsillar bed has been compared to the other side in...

Doctors’ health and wellbeing: depression in surgeons

1 January 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Dr Clare Gerada and Richard Jones work for the Practitioner Health Programme (PHP), a specialist service for doctors and dentists in the London area with mental health / addiction problems (www.php.nhs.uk). Here they discuss some of their preliminary findings (specific...

Establishing a hearing service and ear hospital in Nepal: the Ear Aid Nepal experience

1 March 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT
Following the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, the year ended on a positive note with the opening of an ENT hospital in Pokhara. Mike Smith, a UK-born ENT surgeon has been the driving force behind the conception and...

In conversation with Dr Naufal Kassim

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Jane and I first met you six years ago, when we were questioning the apparent high incidence of childhood deafness in Tanzania, and it is a real pleasure doing this interview with you. Your contribution to ENT and general health...

Deaf scholar is UK first

2 January 2024
The first deaf scholar ever to achieve full professor status in the field of deaf studies and sign language studies in the UK has been announced at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Specialist teams deliver world-class trauma care

1 July 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust runs the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, which is a designated Major Trauma Centre. The Trust holds the contract to treat all UK injured military personnel evacuated from combat zones overseas. More than 1200 of...

Changing behaviour with a human factors approach

1 January 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
The Francis Report (2013) identified multiple problems relating to the safety culture of Stafford Hospital in the period 2005 – 2009, as well as serious failings in the supervisory and regulatory systems of the NHS. Particular criticism was directed at...

Cambodian otology service – a fellowship with a difference

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
Cambodia is a country of 15 million people, still recovering from a chequered past. In the 1970s, under the Khmer Rouge, most of the medical profession, together with the rest of the educated population, was executed – the fortunate few...

Global health missions – not just for consultants. A guide for trainees.

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-ENT
Lulu Ritchie is a courageous and driven trainee in London, inspired by humanitarian missions but conscious of the usual requests for consultant level doctors. Lulu didn’t let that hold her back. She found a way and has kindly summarised her...

Cambodian Children Surgical Centre: a junior’s perspective

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology
The Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC) is a Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO) hospital situated in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. CSC was developed for landmine victims over 20 years ago by Dr Jim Gollogly after the dark period under the Pol Pot...