You searched for "education"
DTR Medical® suction tubes range now expanded
Innovia Medical now offers an extended choice of DTR Medical® ENT suction tubes, including Brackmann, Zoellner, Frazier, Oesophageal/Laryngeal & FESS Sinus type suction.A multidisciplinary approach to the management of the adult balance - dizzy patient
Richard Gans and Kimberly Rutherford, renowned experts from The American Institute of Balance, give their team’s overview of the stages involved in reaching ‘diagnosis based strategies’. For the dizzy patient, this focuses on patient-centred clinical pathways for individualised therapy with...Laryngeal endoscopies
Here, the authors provide some great tips for performing a successful microlaryngoscopy which should be of benefit to those learning this very common procedure. In this article, we will discuss tips for performing a microlaryngoscopy, and different laryngoscopes used to...Congenital cytomegalovirus causing deafness in children: an update
Congenital CMV is the leading non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children. Keith Trimble draws our attention to this and gives a comprehensive guide on diagnosis and treatment. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is common, affecting 1% of all newborns,...In conversation with Nash Patil and Gerry O’Donoghue
In celebration of Nash Patil’s inauguration as President of the Irish Otolaryngology Society (IOS), we dropped by to ask him a few questions, along with Gerry O’Donoghue, BACO 2020 Master. We’re particularly pleased to hear that Nash is looking forward...OBITUARY: Professor Wolfgang Steiner (1942–2024)
It is with great sadness that we must inform all our readers of the passing of the wonderful Professor Dr Wolfgang Steiner, the truly indomitable, passionate Professor of Otolaryngology of the Medical Faculty of Gottingen, Germany, from 1986–2007. Wolfgang died...Prof ED Kitcher
Much has been said of the paucity of ENT Services in Africa [1]. Whilst Ghana has always been at the forefront of healthcare in Sub Saharan Africa, its ENT and allied services were somewhat suboptimal in the 1980s. This article,...Acupuncture for tonsillectomy pain in children
The challenge: tonsillectomy pain Tonsillectomy is a uniform surgical insult which results in a 10-day recovery for children. Severe pain can occur which can give rise to poor oral fluid intake, dehydration and potentially the need for intravenous fluid resuscitation....
Nasal allergies and OSA
The first day of June is the meteorological start of summer. As a moderately wet spring slowly blurs to (a damp UK) summer, we can look forward to holidays in the countryside, enjoying the changing pollen seasons from tree to...
Role of cochlear implants in the management of incapacitating tinnitus in patients with unilateral hearing loss
This is an interesting paper on patients with unilateral hearing loss and incapacitating tinnitus. The present study was conducted on 23 patients who had a cochlear implant for unilateral hearing loss including patients with single sided deafness (SSD). Most of...
The increasingly favourable outcomes from endoscopic endonasal approaches for the management of pituitary adenomas
Historically, pituitary tumours have been surgically managed with an open, transcranial approach. Although this approach still has its merits in large intracranial adenomas, technological advancement has allowed smaller tumours to be debulked via a transseptal microscopic technique. These days, the...
