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Tumours of the Nose, Sinuses and Nasopharynx

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Tumours of the nose, sinuses and nasopharyx is a comprehensive, clear and beautifully illustrated text describing the wide range of benign and malignant tumours of the upper jaw and their management. In such a specialist field, the editors have unparalleled...

How safe is sinonasal surgery for the operating surgeon in times of COVID-19?

8 November 2021 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19 | COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, aerosolization, airborne particles, endoscopic sinus surgery
I’m sure we have all wondered how safe we are in the operating theatre from virus circulating in the room and therefore the risk of subsequent COVID-19 infection. The authors addressed this by measuring the airborne particle concentrations in the...

Anatomy revision

1 October 2018 | | Paediatric ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | nasal anatomy, sinus anatomy, nasopharynx, pediatric anatomy, nose, sinus, maxillary sinus, nasal cavity
This article is well-received as an article that goes into appropriate length and depth regarding the embryology and subsequent growth of the paediatric nose (internal and external), nasopharynx and all of the individual sinuses. It has excellent line diagrams of...

Classification and assessment of midfacial fractures; no more Le Fort facial fractures

1 July 2016 |
There is some evidence that severe or complex midfacial or orbital fractures have declined over the last decade. Interestingly there is also evidence of an increase in road traffic accidents but a decrease in facial injuries. This is possibly attributed...

Head and neck myxofibrosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

1 March 2015 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Midcheek masses, Myxofibrosarcoma, Myxosarcoma
Myxofibrosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma that occurs in late adult life, peaking in the seventh decade, and it is mainly encountered in the lower extremities. Cases within the head and neck region are extremely rare and to...

Seven things ENT surgeons can learn from the hairdressers

8 August 2017 | | ENTA-ENT
In a nod to our origins as barber surgeons, Australian ENT surgeon and blogger Eric Levi gives us an entertaining insight into what he has learned from his hairdresser that makes him a better doctor. I’ve been to the hairdressers...

Setting up a robotic surgical practice: view from India

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Transoral robotic surgery has an established role in head and neck cancer surgery. But how easy is it to set up a service in a resource-constrained environment? Gouri Pantvaidya and Ameya Pai give us a view from the Indian subcontinent....

New RSM presidents preview the year ahead

30 September 2024
Professor Patrick Axon, President of the UK’s Royal Society of Medicine Otology Section and Michelle Wyatt, incoming President of the section of Laryngology and Rhinology, look forward to the year ahead.

German Society Annual Congress DGHNO-KHC 2024

8 May 2024 -11 May 2024
The 95th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (DGHNO-KHC) was a great success under the forward-looking motto ‘Crossing Borders’

ENT and evidence-based medicine: How do they benefit each other?

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-ENT
How do we assess evidence, and how should ENT surgeons use EBM? Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of medicine based upon high quality scientific research. There are several formal definitions of EBM, the most widely quoted being that of...

Semi implantable bone conduction devices: challenges and developments

6 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Bone conduction mechanisms and history of bone conduction aids Bone conduction hearing devices work by stimulating hair cells via the bone conduction hearing pathways. These pathways are less well understood than the air conduction pathways, but recent research has shown...

Auditory brainstem implant results in adults and children

5 June 2017 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Otology, ENTA-Paediatrics
Background The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) has been developed from cochlear implant (CI) technology and is indicated for people who have anatomical abnormalities of the cochlea or dysfunction of the auditory nerve. The majority of people who have received an...