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IV dexamethasone versus LA infiltration during paediatric tonsillectomy

1 May 2017 | | Analgesics, Corticosteroids, Local infiltration, Pain, Postoperative vomiting
Postoperative nausea and vomiting following tonsillectomy is important to control for improved oral intake and satisfaction following surgery. Optimal management is still debated. This team from Beirut conducted a randomised double blind clinical trial comparing the effect of intravenous dexamethasone...

Managing CRS in pregnancy

1 November 2016 |
An International team of experts from both sides of the Atlantic set out to perform a systematic review of the management of chronic rhinosinusitis in pregnancy. Despite a thorough search no scientific evidence was found that could form the basis...

Prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer

1 October 2018 | | head and neck, lymphocyte, neutrophil, oropharynx, prognosis
The authors propose that high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with poor disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with human papillomavirus positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). This is a retrospective study that compared the outcomes of 43 patients treated for HPV+...

Predicting CSF leaks pre FESS: Gera classification - a new tool?

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
An interesting study from Italy looking at an anterior skull base classification that may be useful in predicting risk of intraoperative CSF leak during FESS surgery. Traditionally we have used the Keros classification system, developed in 1962 to categorise olfactory...
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery journal front cover image

Treatment of internal carotid artery blowout with embolisation and bypass grafting (nasopharyngeal carcinoma)

6 September 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery | bypass, carotid blowout syndrome, embolization, head and neck cancer, oral and nasal massive hemorrhage
Carotid artery blowout syndrome (CBS) occurs when there is rupture of the carotid artery causing massive epistaxis and bleeding through the oral cavity caused by tumour invasion, surgery, radiotherapy, or infection. This article proposes a revascularisation strategy for internal carotid...
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AI in ENT practice

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Otology
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in our lives and there has been both enthusiasm and caution for using AI in healthcare. A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported on a trial examining...

Soluvos Medical wishes everyone a great year end!

31 October 2023 | Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
This year has gone so quickly - just a few meetings left and 2024 will be here!

ENT surgery leader SPIGGLE & THEIS appoints DP Medical

12 February 2025 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
One of the world’s leading ENT device manufacturers, SPIGGLE & THEIS, has appointed DP Medical Systems as its new exclusive distributor for the UK. The family-owned German company, which was founded in Dieburg in 1994, specialises in ear, nose and...
American Journal of Otolarygology - Head and Neck cover image.

Management of peritonsillar abscesses – should we be offering a hot tonsillectomy?

7 January 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Peritonsillar abscesses (PTAs) are one of the most common reasons for patients being referred to ENT services on an emergent basis worldwide. The conventional treatment for adult patients with a PTA in the UK involves needle aspiration or incision and...

Medway Medical Fayres

4 December 2023
For the last five years, Professor Rahul Kanegaonkar has been running Medway Medical Fayres for children in Kent, UK. Free to attend, the fayres take place at Medway Campus of Canterbury Christ Church University and allow 12–13-year-olds from less affluent backgrounds to experience a breadth of medical specialties.

Using tele-audiology in Zambia’s ear and hearing care desert

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Addressing the medical desert with tele-audiology and tele-education. If a ‘medical desert’ is defined as a community that lives more than 60 miles away from the nearest acute care hospital, then try to imagine an appropriate term for a situation...

Genomic testing for deafness and its implications

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
Gene therapies for hearing loss are rapidly advancing and will be transitioning to clinical practice. Here, the authors explain why clinicians involved in managing these disorders need to be aware of these advances. Genomic testing in England was significantly reconfigured...