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Valerie J Lund made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Valerie Lund who has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rhinology in the UK’s 2024 New Year Honours List. Awarded by King Charles, the list recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.
In-office KTP laser excision of a vocal process granuloma
The KTP laser is increasingly being used in an outpatient setting – particularly in North America – to treat various laryngeal pathologies including papillomas, leukoplakia, dysplasia and vascular lesions. This article reports the use of the KTP laser in the...
How do mermaids hear?
When the imagery of childhood fairy tales meets the more clinically analytical mind of an adult, there may at some point come the question, ‘how do mermaids hear’? Luckily a department of biology in Denmark has sought to furnish such...From the editor SepOct 2021
As the pandemic evolves, the world seems to be divided into those countries that are fortunate enough to have good vaccine coverage and, hence, are able to open up their societies; and those who do not have an adequate vaccine roll-out and are having to live with significant restrictions or high levels of prevalent disease.
Basic Audiometry Learning Manual - Third Edition
Unfamiliar with the first and second editions, it was a pleasure to review the third edition of the Basic Audiometry Learning Manual. As with many of such books available to the market, and as one would expect, there is a...
Cochlear implants for tinnitus
This study from Belgium is the first to look at the long term reduction in tinnitus for a cohort of 23 patients with unilateral profound hearing loss and incapacitating tinnitus implanted with cochlear implants (CI). The authors were able to...Guidance to protect doctors and dentists during COVID-19 pandemic
ENT and facial surgeons issue guidance to protect doctors and dentists during COVID-19 pandemic. Two surgical specialty associations have come together for the first time to protect dentists and doctors examining and treating patients who may have COVID-19 (coronavirus), but...OBITUARY: David Moffat (1948-2020)
David Moffat, one of the leading Otologists of his generation, died on 18 March in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the hospital to which he had devoted his professional life. Having survived cancer of the prostate, he succumbed to a second...George Davey Howells Prize 2019
Prof Ray Clarke (Liverpool) and Mr John Watkinson (Birmingham and London) have been awarded the George Davey Howells prize for Scott Brown’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery- 8th Edition, published 2018 .The George Davey Howells prize is awarded by the...Congratulations to our KJ Lee book competition winner!
We are delighted to announce that Raluca Horhat, an ENT Specialist in Romania, is the winner of our recent KJ Lee book competition, winning a prize copy of Leeway: Reaching Beyond Expectations. Thank you to everyone who entered the competition...
Inpatients versus Outpatient: septoplasty cost analysis in Germany
Although the vast majority of septoplasties in the UK are performed as day surgery procedures, the authors of this article highlight the differences in healthcare in Germany. The authors calculated a yearly cost reduction of 180 million euros if the...
