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Imaging tinnitus

1 May 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a common sensation with a reported prevalence of 7-32%. The British National Study of Hearing recorded that 10% of adults suffered from prolong spontaneous tinnitus, and approximately a quarter of these are subsequently referred to hospital for investigation...

Coblation tongue channelling

1 May 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
After uvulopalatoplasty, the tendency is to focus on the tongue base as the next anatomical area to address in the management of snoring and sleep-disordered breathing. In this article, Glen Burgess describes the technique of tongue channelling, to reduce the...

Giacomo Puccini’s laryngeal cancer

1 September 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Giacomo Puccini, one of the best known composers of all time, was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and died from the disease in 1924. In this article, Rosario Marchese-Ragona and Alessandro Martini describe Puccini’s experience of the disease with quotes from...

Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of refractory chronic rhinosinusitis

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Staphylococcus aureus has long been linked to chronic rhinosinusitis, particularly recalcitrant cases. In this article, Alkis Psaltis describes how newer techniques have shown higher rates of S. aureus infection than were previously thought, and explains how the bacteria are able...

Recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis: What to do next?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst the majority of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) will significantly improve with treatment, we are sometimes left with a ‘hard-core’ of nasal cripples who fail to improve despite our best efforts. How can we deal with these patients? Valerie...

Shooting for Gold: ENT surgery and the Commonwealth Games

1 November 2016 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
What are the secrets to success in your career, sports and life in general? Sharp-shooter Parag Patel hits the bullseye again. I write this article following a wave of summer sporting brilliance, from the record Great Britain 67 medal haul...

The future of facial plastics and rhinoplasty

1 November 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinoplasty
Interest in facial plastic surgery and in particular rhinoplasty has never been greater. From his wealth of experience in the field, Professor Palma outlines the potential problems of this increasing popularity and how they may be addressed, areas on which...

The future of treatments for hearing and balance: a 15 and 50-year perspective

1 March 2019 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Jameel Muzaffar and Manohar Bance paint a picture of what otology will look like 15 and 50 years’ time. Will we still need doctors? Will there still be an ENT news journal? The last 50 years have seen advances including...

Promoting human rights of deaf communities in low-resource settings

4 May 2021 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Stigma and misconceptions about deafness are serious impediments for many deaf people to realise rights and potential in some of the most challenging situations globally. Around 430 million people are estimated to live with moderate or higher levels of hearing...

Robotic surgery for squamous cell cancer: the new frontiers

4 November 2021 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
Although the da Vinci platform was FDA approved for early-stage oropharyngeal cancers, the indications have expanded. In this article, John Hardman explains how surgeons, with greater understanding of the strengths and limitations of robotic surgery, have systematically set out to...

The power of mentoring

3 May 2022 | | ENTA-ENT
What is a mentor, and what are the benefits for mentee and mentor? Emma Stapleton and Rohma Abrar, mentor and mentee respectively, explain. The term ‘mentor’ is derived from Homer’s Odyssey, in which the goddess Athena, disguised as Mentor, guides...

The European School of Interdisciplinary Tinnitus

1 May 2018 | | ENTA-Vestibular Disorders
Scientific careers in tinnitus are expanding beyond any single discipline to embrace interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange. Natalia Trpchevska and Christopher R Cederroth present an overview of an innovative EU-funded training programme called the ‘European School of Interdisciplinary Tinnitus’, and...