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Full Vs tapered dose of oral prednisolone for sudden sensorineural hearing loss

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - Otology
I was drawn in by the title of this article, in the expectation that it might be a randomised controlled trial, but it was not. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an uncommon condition, which has a potentially disastrous outcome, so...
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Risks of tracheostomy in head and neck cancer

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Tracheostomy is associated with several complications, with rates quoted as high as 8-45%, including: bleeding; displacement; obstruction; surgical emphysema; pneumothorax; fistulae and failure to decannulate. There are now many studies that confirm the increased length of stay and complications of...
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RCT: tongue retaining devices vs CPAP for OSA

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Continuous positive airway pressure, Obstructive sleep apnea, TRD, Thai, Tongue-retaining device
This study compared the effect of a tongue retaining device versus the use of CPAP in 27 patients within a crossover RCT design. Tongue retaining devices (also known as tongue stabilising devices), are similar in appearance to a plastic tongue-sized...
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Navigate me there, to my new CAT

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology
Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) has gained momentum with its close-up high definition wide-angled views. Skeptics point out single-handed operating in a 2D view. The authors made use of navigation and augmented reality (AR) to present an additional minimal access...

Med Sales Careers is expanding!

14 May 2026 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
Specialist recruiter Med Sales Careers is delighted to announce their expansion into the ENT and audiology sectors. Established in 2018 by Warren Howell, Med Sales Careers offers a unique recruitment service for medtech and pharmaceutical companies looking to source top...
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Do intratympanic injections require local anaesthesia?

1 May 2017 | | Anesthesia, Injection, Pain, Pain Measurement, Visual Analog Scale
Intratympanic injections are becoming increasingly acceptable in the management of Meniere’s disease, tinnitus and sudden hearing loss. This is because they avoid the need for hospitalisation and can be performed as low-cost outpatient procedures. It is traditional to freeze the...
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Radiofrequency for tonsillectomy

1 July 2015 |
This Turkish study compared the use of radiofrequency (RF) tonsillectomy to the more traditional cold steel dissection (CD) technique. The authors enrolled 114 patients undergoing tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis and tonsil hypertrophy (causing upper airway obstruction) over a 4-month period....

Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - General, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

The evolution and advancements in radiological imaging of the sinuses

1 May 2019 | | ENTA - Imaging, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Computed tomography (CT) imaging is crucial in the planning of any endoscopic sinus operation; we hear from one of the pioneers of CT scanning who worked with Stammberger and Messerklinger in developing many of the technologies that we now take...

COACH calls for participants

29 January 2024
The Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit has renewed a call for volunteers to take part in its COACH programme. The UK-wide trail aims to generate evidence about the use of hearing aids.

Targeted focal parathyroidectomy

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Leanne Hamilton and Louise Clark describe their technique for helping to localise parathyoid adenomas. Surgically this can be difficult, so careful preoperative evaluation using imaging as described can help minimise difficulties intraoperatively when identifying the parathyroid adenoma. Preoperative imaging has...

Medical training initiative (MTI): stepping outside the box

1 July 2018 | | ENTA - ENT
Medical training initiative (MTI) scheme in the UK are becoming increasingly available and are actively supported by ENT UK. Despite this, knowledge of them is limited and there can be a mismatch between supervisors and potential candidates. Our authors, Manuela...