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From Hippocrates to COVID-19: sniffing out the disease

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, used the ‘art of smell’ to diagnose diseases around 400BC. He also formulated miasmatic theory, which posited that disease is caused by bad smells. Bad air was strongly believed by many physicians to be the...

The Indian method: Sushruta’s influence on modern nasal reconstruction

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Ancient Indian medicine, as documented in the Sushruta Samhita, contains one of the earliest known references to nasal reconstruction, including surgical techniques still resembling modern practices. (The Sanskrit word ‘Samhita’ is used to define a collection of written work, similar...

Kallmann’s Syndrome

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Genetics
‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ (Shakespeare) Kallmann’s Syndrome (KS), or hereditary hypogonadal anosmia, is a rare genetic disorder characterised by delayed or absent puberty and anosmia. It is named after Franz Kallmann, but he was...

Experience on the front line

21 January 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...

Update on CEORL-HNS 2024

28 March 2024
As I write this update, there are less than four months to go to the 7th Congress of European ORL Head and Neck Surgery in Dublin and the excitement is building.

ERS 2023

18 June 2023 -22 June 2023 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Folk music and dance performed by the Academic Folklore Ensemble from Plovdiv. Picture credit: Monique Kooijmans. Therese Schembri, Resident Otolaryngologist, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. The European Rhinologic Society (ERS), the International Society of Inflammation and Allergy of the Nose (ISIAN)...

Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
We all have patients who give us a ‘heartsink’ feeling; for many of us, the coughing patient is exactly such a situation. In this overview, Bhaskar Ram and Sangeeta Maini outline their approach to diagnosis. Declan Costello, Editor. Introduction Chronic...

The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training: by trainees for trainees

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training (AOT) is an independent organisation, run by trainees for trainees in the UK for over 25 years. Its aims are to represent all ENT trainees in the UK; to improve and promote standards of...

Congenital CMV: investigations and management in the audiology setting

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the only cause of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) for which there is a medical treatment available to prevent further hearing loss. Dr Simone Walter discusses cCMV infection, cCMV-related hearing loss, and how to facilitate their...

Lights, camera, hearing: cinema as a catalyst for cochlear implant awareness

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Neurotology
Cinema is reshaping how we see cochlear implants – raising awareness, sparking conversation and showing the power of representation. Cinema wields immense power in shaping societal perceptions and sparking dialogue around medical and social issues. In the realm of hearing...

The ‘bus stop’ incision for bone-anchored hearing aid placement: a step-by-step approach to soft tissue preparation

1 January 2017 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
There have been many descriptions of soft tissue preparation in the era when subcutaneous tissue was routinely removed with the Nijmegen technique [1] or with the dermatome [2]. More descriptions continue to evolve with the advent of tissue preservation techniques,...

New ventilation technique FCV: improvement for patient, anaesthetist/intensivist and surgeon

1 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Per-oral surgical access to the larynx can be hampered by the presence of an endotracheal tube. Various systems have been developed for tubeless ventilation, but these all carry a risk of aerosolisation of secretions with obvious inherent risks. We hear...