Darren Cordon

NHS Clinical Leadership Fellow

PG Leadership & Service Improvement, BSc (Hons) Audiology, Chief Audiologist, Hearing Services Department, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK.

Latest Contribution

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The medially-invasive cholesteatoma: a case series

4 May 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery | cholesteatoma, chronic ear disease, skull base surgery, transcochlear, translabyrinthine

In this small case series, Casazza et al describe their management of seven cases of complex cholesteatoma presenting during a 16-year period. Patients were included if imaging confirmed restricted diffusion and an endophytic, medially-destructive disease involving the otic capsule, petrous...

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3D-printed temporal bone models - how good can they be?

3 March 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery | 3D-printing, cadaver, education, simulation, surgery, temporal bone

In the era of increasingly difficult and expensive-to-come-by cadaveric temporal bones with which to practise drilling and learn the complex 3D anatomy of the temporal bone, decent alternatives would be welcome. McMillan et al report a prospective comparison study in...

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Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENT

21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...