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Robotic assisted orbital surgery (RAOS) – a novel approach to orbital malignancy surgery

4 March 2024 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Robotic technology in ENT surgery has been used in certain areas of head and neck cancer care but, in this article, we hear of an exciting development from the team at Guy’s & St Thomas’. Advances in surgical robotic technology...

Audible Contrast Threshold – a new test to guide setting help-in-noise features in hearing aids

4 March 2024 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
A new diagnostic test that is quick and has directly applicable results to hearing aid settings has arrived, but how does it work? Leigh Martin has the answers. In an earlier article for ENT & Audiology News, Parmar and Rajasingam...

Type 1 thyroplasty using a novel and inflatable implant from APrevent® VOIS

4 July 2024 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENT
Unilateral vocal cord immobility severely impacts voice, swallowing, and airway functions. A novel approach offers adjustable medialisation for improved patient outcomes. Unilateral vocal cord immobility (UVCI) can cause significant disability to voice, swallowing, and airway functions. Patients with UVCI may...

Effects of blast and acoustic trauma: assessment of hearing status on war veterans

1 July 2014 | | Audiology - Adult, ENT, Otology, Tinnitus, Auditory Implants
Introduction Acoustical conditions of the military are often dangerous and there is a real risk of blast trauma and acoustic trauma [1, 2]. Levels of military noises maybe reach up to 125 dBA [3]. Weapons produce instant shock waves (10μs)...

TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Rhinology / Sinus
Transoral robotic surgery is now a well-accepted technique in malignant tumours of the tongue base. Here the team from St Mary’s and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital in London describe its use in carefully selected patients with...

Rhinoplasty for cleft nose deformity

1 July 2019 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty, Maxillofacial Surgery
Modern cleft lip and palate repairs produce excellent functional and aesthetic results at an early age. Tony Holmes, a craniofacial surgeon with over 40 years’ experience, shares his wisdom on the best timing and techniques for addressing the associated complex...

Congenital CMV: investigations and management in the audiology setting

1 July 2017 | | Audiology - Paediatric, Audiology - Diagnostic, Vestibular Disorders
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the only cause of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for which there is a medical treatment available to prevent further hearing loss. Dr Simone Walter discusses cCMV infection, cCMV-related hearing loss, and how to facilitate their...

Cutting burr otoplasty and conchal setback to correct prominent pinna: a ‘step by step approach’

1 January 2015 | | Otology
Prominent ears can cause significant social and psychological effects on an individual. The two most common anatomical defects for a prominent pinna are an underdeveloped anti-helical fold and / or enlarged conchal bowl. In the senior author’s practice over the...

Cancer genetics and signalling pathways in ENT – a review and discussion of how this can be applied to rare tumours

1 November 2014 | | ENT, Genetics
Introduction Cancer cases continue to increase worldwide, and­­ head and neck cancer is a major global health issue, with an estimated global burden of over 630,000 new cases and over 350,000 deaths per year [1]. The term ‘head and neck...

Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

1 September 2014 | | Rhinology / Sinus
Epiphora, or abnormal tearing, occurs because of blockage in the lacrimal drainage system, which impairs normal tear channeling into the nose. Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is used to treat patients diagnosed with lacrimal sac or nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO). External DCR was...

The ‘bus stop’ incision for bone-anchored hearing aid placement: a step-by-step approach to soft tissue preparation

1 January 2017 | | Neurotology, Otology
There have been many descriptions of soft tissue preparation in the era when subcutaneous tissue was routinely removed with the Nijmegen technique [1] or with the dermatome [2]. More descriptions continue to evolve with the advent of tissue preservation techniques,...

Adjoin™ bone conduction system

1 May 2016 | | Auditory Implants, Otology
Patrik Westerkull (PW), Otorix AB, and Ann-Louise McDermott (A-LM), ENT Consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, tell us about the Adjoin bone conduction device, a non-surgical bone-conduction option developed by Otorix. They explain how the product works, the background to the...