Journal Reviews archive for 2023

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Is benign intracranial hypertension underdiagnosed in patients with spontaneous CSF leaks?

6 January 2023 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Cerebrospinal fluid leak, Headache, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Papilledema

In ENT practice we come across spontaneous CSF leaks. Patients present either as unilateral watery rhinorrhoea or otorrhoea, or sometimes as hearing loss with a watery middle ear effusion. Clinicians, after confirming the diagnosis of CSF leak with beta 2...

REVISIONS acronym for preoperative imaging review in revision endoscopic sinus surgery

6 January 2023 | | Rhinology / Sinus | chronic rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery, preoperative imaging review, revision sinus surgery

The authors have developed an acronym to aid evaluation of preoperative sinus CT imaging in revision endoscopic sinus surgery (RESS). To determine which pertinent aspects of anatomy to include, a systemic review of studies that investigated anatomic contributions to persistent...

Does speech and language therapy provide value for money?

6 January 2023 | | Speech and Language Therapy

Within the NHS (and outside it), managers, commissioners and consumers will consider value for money as a key component in making a decision about whether to pay for speech and language therapy (or any other service for that matter). Yet...