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The Graham Fraser Foundation

Graham Fraser (1936-94) was a pioneering otolaryngologist, in whose memory the Graham Fraser Foundation was set up, and an eponymous annual lecture and a travelling fellowship in otology were established. It’s an honour to profile the Foundation in this extended...

Impact of outer ear problems in Northern Ethiopia: experiences of a global outreach clinic

Outer ear disease is one of the commonest reasons for attending the ENT clinic in Ethiopia, just as in the UK. Very little has been published on the experiences of ENT clinics in Ethiopia. Here Yilkal Tassew, Seid Temam and...

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 1 – advancement flaps

In the first of a short series covering random pattern skin flaps and their use in clinical practice (see Part 2 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here), Christopher Thompson and Miles Bannister describe in some detail their techniques...

Selective upper airway stimulation

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is one of the most common diseases in industrialised countries and is characterised by an intermittent obstruction of the upper airway during sleep. The standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, which...

From the editor MarApr 2020

Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net As I write this editorial, the world is holding its breath while it follows the coronavirus...

Ida Institute scales down

The Ida Institute has been unable to secure future funding and is significantly scaling back its activities.

13th Winter Days of Laryngology

Dr Samuel Hofmann, ENT/Laryngologist, Lindenhofspital/Praxis Länggasse, Bern, Switzerland and Mr Philippe F de Z Bowles, Consultant ENT Surgeon/Laryngologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK. This successful meeting, hosted once again at L’Hôtel de L’Étrier in the Swiss Alps,...

Beats of Cochlea: the 10th International Music Festival for Youths with Hearing Problems

The 10th International Music Festival for Youths with Hearing Problems Beats of Cochlea was held on 10-12 July 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. The festival is an initiative that gathers people of all ages, amateurs and professional musicians, from various countries with different types of auditory implants in one place and time to participate in a music competition, which ends with a gala concert of laureates.

Contemporary Transoral Surgery for Primary Head and Neck Surgery (Includes Companion Website) First Edition 2015.

This is a volume containing 16 chapters and indexed over 251 pages which covers the topic of transoral surgery (TOS) edited by Drs Hinni and Lott from the Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, USA. The chapters cover the topic of TOS...

KARL STORZ Gains Approval for Solo+™ Revolutionary Ear Tube Placement Device

Chronic ear infections are a leading reason for doctor visits and surgical procedures such as placement of ear tubes in young children.

A ‘rye’ tail – the fatal illness of Lord Boringdon, a Regency tragedy

The anonymous privately-printed book, Some Account of Lord Boringdon’s Accident, describes in deferential terms a case of aspiration of a foreign body and its sequelae. Today aspirated foreign bodies are serious but curable injuries; before the invention of the bronchoscope...

Reflected glory: the race to claim the laryngeal mirror

“None of today’s young doctors can start to imagine the feeling of professional helplessness and despair that prevailed before the invention of the laryngeal mirror. Thousands of people died, whom we were not able to help, or even bring relief...