Richard (Wei Chern) Gan

ENT Skull Base Fellow

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

British Skull Base Society Clinical Consensus Document on Management of Head and Neck Paragangliomas (HNPGLs)

7 January 2021 | | Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery | paraganglioma, radiotherapy, surgery, treatment

All forms of HNPGLs should be managed by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of core members from skull base otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, clinical genetics, oncology, endocrinology, vascular surgery, radiology and pathology. Extended members include neurosurgery, endocrine surgery, nuclear medicine,...

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Eustachian tube dysfunction usually improves following endoscopic sinus surgery

2 November 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus | eustachian tube dysfunction, ETDQ-7, rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery

This study investigated effects of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) on eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and factors associated with improvement. This was a retrospective study which included 302 patients over 17 years old who underwent ESS between 1 December 2016 and...

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Laryngeal evaluation during COVID-19 using transcervical ultrasonography

9 September 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, coronavirus, laryngeal evaluation, laryngeal ultrasound, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord paresis

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors highlight their protocol of transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography as an alternative to flexible fibreoptic laryngoscopy when appropriate. This is to reduce the risk of aerosolisation posed by laryngoscopy. Ultrasonography is a rapid, non-invasive...