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Multi-channel cochlear implants: past, present and future

1 September 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
Forty years since the first multi-channel devices were implanted, who better than Ingeborg Hochmair, who has been a key figure throughout their evolution, to offer her thoughts on the past, present and future of multi-channel cochlear implants? Read on for...

Dr KJ Lee: From Penang to Presidency of the AAO-HNS… and beyond!

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - General
Anyone who’s ever stopped to wonder about the personalities behind well-known names in ENT will enjoy Keyu Liu’s article on Dr KJ Lee, rich with stories of his travels, inspirations, and personal philosophies, alongside his momentous achievements. If you’ve experienced...

Singing after laryngectomy: Shout at Cancer

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Thomas Moors is an ENT junior doctor with a background in music and singing. Combining these interests, he has set up a charity to help patients who have had a laryngectomy. He has achieved considerable public attention, and he tells...

Timing of surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis: does it matter?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
While many patients with chronic rhinosinusitis respond to medical treatment, some do not. The next step for these patients is surgery, but how soon should this be offered? Sooner rather than later seems to be the answer, as Claire Hopkins...

Developing medical devices for children: opportunities and challenges

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
The development of medical devices for infants and children lags significantly behind the development of devices for adults. While in the United States the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up incentives for developing child age-specific pharmaceuticals, there is...

Endoscopic middle ear surgery for cholesteatoma treatment

1 May 2016 | | ENTA - Otology
A critical question when any new technique is proposed is ‘does it work?’ In this article Daniele Marchioni and Davide Soloperto discuss the success rates of endoscopic ear surgery for cholesteatoma. Introduction Surgical management of cholesteatoma is still a controversial...

Auditory brainstem implant results in adults and children

5 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Background The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) has been developed from cochlear implant (CI) technology and is indicated for people who have anatomical abnormalities of the cochlea or dysfunction of the auditory nerve. The majority of people who have received an...

Percutaneous fibre guided laser surgery of the endolarynx

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Occasionally, getting access to the larynx for an intervention can be challenging. Markus Hess and Susanne Fleischer describe a novel way to perform laser treatment in such difficult instances. Fibre guided office-based endolaryngeal laser surgery has developed to be a...

Endoscopic CSF leak repair using nasoseptal flap

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Many of us during training or in established practice will have encountered the complication of anterior skull base CSF leak. This can be a challenging problem to deal with and in this article the authors describe their favoured approach. Cerebrospinal...

Migration adventures

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
One of the most inspiring stories in this issue comes from our very own Shahed Quraishi, OBE. His first mentor in the UK, Pat Bradley, spoke with him about his fascinating journey. Professor M Shahed Quraishi, OBE. Shahed, by way...

In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata

7 April 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...

In conversation with Professor Janet Wilson

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
As she approaches her retirement from clinical practice, Professor Janet Wilson speaks to our Editor (and fellow laryngologist) Declan Costello about surgical training, research, diversity, literature and the future. You have had an immensely successful career in ENT – how...