Suzanne Jervis

ENT Consultant

FRCS (ORL HNS), Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, NHS Trust, UK.

Latest Contribution

Low risk options following failure of intratympanic gentamicin for Meniere’s

1 May 2017 | | Meniere’s Disease, Intractable disease, Gentamicin, Surgery

This article is a useful summary of the options available when intratympanic gentamicin (ITG) fails to adequately control vertigo episodes in Meniere’s patients. The authors describe the anatomical reasons that may impede drug delivery to the round window with the...

Performing a labyrinthectomy

1 May 2017 | | Meniere’s Disease, Labrinthectomy, Vertigo, Hydrops, Vestibular ablation

This article takes the reader through the two main approaches for a labyrinthectomy for intractable Meniere’s disease. These are the traditional trans-mastoid and the less well known trans-canal. They state that according to the House clinic, the selection criteria for...

Parathyroid pearls

1 March 2017 | | parathyroid surgery, hyperparathyroidism, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, parathyroid imaging

This article serves to deliver some pearls of wisdom in parathyroid surgery for the ‘low volume parathyroid surgeon’. They have been divided into those relating to the preoperative diagnosis, imaging and localisation techniques and surgical difficulties. Recognised sources of error...