Sunil Sharma

Consultant in Paediatric ENT

Alder Hey Children's Hospital, UK.

Latest Contribution

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Nasal function in COVID-19 patients

4 May 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus, COVID-19 | COVID-19, schirmer test, saccharin test, SNOT

This Turkish prospective study compared SNOT-22 outcomes as well as objective assessments of nasal secretion and clearance in 40 patients who tested positive on COVID-19 antigen PCR testing and 40 patients who tested negative. Sinonasal findings were assessed using a...

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Virtual reality surgical simulation for the temporal bone

3 March 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery | Educational issue, skills development, surgical simulation, temporal bone anatomy, virtual reality

This prospective study looked at 15 otorhinolaryngology residents in Belgium to see if using the VOXEL-MAN Tempo surgical simulator system improved their understanding of temporal bone radiological anatomy. As a secondary aim, they also assessed whether there was any improvement...

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PET-CT for malignant nasopharyngeal lesions

7 January 2021 | | Head and Neck, Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | Biopsy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, PET/CT

This retrospective Turkish review of 92 patients aimed to determine the ability of fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax) on positron emission tomography/computerised tomography (PET/CT) to differentiate benign processes and malignant nasopharyngeal lesions. The authors retrospectively reviewed the...