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How rare is vocal fold paralysis after spinal and epidural anaesthesia – should we be more concerned?
The authors present an unusual case of right vocal fold paralysis. Their patient was a 38-year-old woman who experienced new onset dysphonia following neuraxial anaesthesia (NA) for a caesarean section. Flexible nasendoscopy showed a right VFP with fixation in the...Denis Collings: 38 years as a total laryngectomee
Patients’ perspectives can be very powerful in our understanding of their experience of illness and its treatment. Denis Collings. In the UK, there are more than 2000 new cases of laryngeal cancer each year [1]. In 1988, at the age...Denis Collings: 38 years as a total laryngectomee
Patients’ perspectives can be very powerful in our understanding of their experience of illness and its treatment. Denis Collings. In the UK, there are more than 2000 new cases of laryngeal cancer each year [1]. In 1988, at the age...Patient initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer
Is it time for a change in the way we follow up head and neck cancer patients after treatment? Paul Nankivell and Hisham Mehanna explain the rationale for the PETNECK2 trial. After completion of curative intent treatment, clinical follow-up currently...
A higher aspiration for fine needles
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has aided in the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules for decades. Now a rapid evolution is hoped to benefit an increasing cohort of patients with small nodules and non-diagnostic investigations. This review discusses the...
Newborn sensorineural hearing loss – what is the incidence?
In the last two decades, the introduction of newborn screening for hearing loss has dramatically lowered the average age of newborn hearing loss diagnosis to around two to three months of age. The benefits of early diagnosis are manifold, enabling...
Psychoacoustics: Perception of Normal and Impaired Hearing with Audiology Applications
The field of psychoacoustics and the practice of audiology have always been curious bedfellows. In the clinic, we commonly assess patients’ hearing ability through pure-tone detection, a classic psychoacoustical phenomenon, but just one of the many, many ways in which...Congratulations to our KJ Lee book competition winner!
We are delighted to announce that Raluca Horhat, an ENT Specialist in Romania, is the winner of our recent KJ Lee book competition, winning a prize copy of Leeway: Reaching Beyond Expectations. Thank you to everyone who entered the competition...Rotational chair testing: “To rotate, or not to rotate, that is the real question”
Passive whole body rotation tests are widely considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for the identification of bilateral peripheral vestibular disorders (bPVD), but also have a part to play in identifying unilateral disorders (uPVD). In this article Paul Radomskij discusses...
Wearable tech revolutionising sleep monitoring: a new era in sleep health
Restful sleep is crucial for health but conditions like obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) can significantly disrupt it, leading to fatigue, cardiovascular issues, and other serious health problems. Polysomnography (PSG) remains the gold standard for OSA diagnosis [1], however it is...Taking life by the throat
Patients suffering with problems with their voice, airway and/or swallowing can find their symptoms immensely distressing, and their care places a huge burden on healthcare systems. We hear from a world-leading laryngologist on current and future directions. Field of interest...
