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Cocaine detection hours after FESS

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
This is a very interesting article from Australia regarding the bioavailability of cocaine following atomised application prior to endoscopic sinus surgery. The well-established practice of preparing the nasal mucosa for sinus surgery involves the placement of a usually modified Moffett’s...

Canal plugging for intractable Meniere’s disease

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
In this single centre retrospective study, the authors applied semicircular canal plugging, well known as a treatment for refractory BPPV, to intractable unilateral Meniere’s disease (MD) that had failed to respond to medical treatment with betahistine and hydrochlorothiazide. However, in...

Narrow band imaging in the management of carcinoma of unknown primary

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | carcinoma of unknown primary, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, narrowband imagin, transoral robotic surgery
This was a retrospective study to assess the utility of narrow band imaging (NBI) in the detection of a primary site in carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP). Patients with CUP who underwent transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and preoperative imaging with...

Well drilling vs. subperiosteal pocket for cochlear implants – comparison of operative time, complications and cost-effectiveness

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
The choice of method for securing the receiver/stimulator (R/S) package during cochlear implant surgery is usually dependant on several factors, but primarily surgeon preference. The initial recommendation from manufacturers was to drill a bony well (WD technique) and use bony...
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Steroid use in acute acoustic trauma

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
Acute acoustic trauma (AAT) injuries include noise-induced damage to inner and middle ear presenting as hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo. Classic presentation is sensorineural hearing loss with an intact tympanic membrane. The authors carried out a case-control study in military...

REVISIONS acronym for preoperative imaging review in revision endoscopic sinus surgery

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | chronic rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery, preoperative imaging review, revision sinus surgery
The authors have developed an acronym to aid evaluation of preoperative sinus CT imaging in revision endoscopic sinus surgery (RESS). To determine which pertinent aspects of anatomy to include, a systemic review of studies that investigated anatomic contributions to persistent...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis showing benefit of cochlear implantation in adults with single-sided deafness

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology
This article presents results of a systematic review and meta-analysis to further investigate the impact of unilateral cochlear implantation (CI) in adults with single-sided deafness (SSD) with regards to speech perception in quiet and noise, tinnitus, sound localisation and quality...
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Temperature-controlled radiofrequency treatment of the nasal valve confers sustained benefit

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Aiming to investigate long-term efficacy and safety (three years post treatment), this was an extension of a previous multicentre, prospective, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial that investigated the effectiveness and safety of temperature-controlled radiofrequency treatment (TCRF) to the nasal valve (NV)...

Extranodal extension following surgical resection of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer – is adjuvant radiotherapy alone sufficient?

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a known aetiological factor in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). HPV-positive OPSCC is recognised to have a more favourable prognosis than HPV-negative disease. Treatment deintensification for HPV+ OPSCC has therefore been an area of research focus...

Minimum stimulus strategy for the diagnosis of BPPV

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Explore the innovative minimum stimulus strategy (MSS) for diagnosing benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), enhancing accuracy while minimising patient discomfort. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common vestibular disorder where canalolithiasis or cupulolithiasis causes sudden episodes of vertigo, triggered...

Does the overuse of noise-cancelling headphones cause APD?

23 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Have you heard the noise around APD? With a flurry of interest around noise-cancellation and APD, Dale Hewitt offers his take on the evidence and theory. When and why did this question first arise? An article was published by BBC...

Use of a diode laser for the removal of a frontal sinus osteoma

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In this How I Do It, Professor Sergei Karpischenko introduces a gentle method of reduction of mobilised frontal sinus osteoma which has been successfully used in five patients in his university clinic using a diode laser in contact mode. Osteoma...