21 June 2021
| Mina Mekhail, Farrukh Mohammad
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ENTA - ENT
The COVID pandemic has caused a huge disruption to our lives, not least at work where safety restrictions and the widespread implementation of PPE have led to some challenges to carrying out routine ENT work. In this article, the authors...
Robotic surgery is advancing, but its use in rhinology lags due to spatial constraints and high costs. Innovations in flexible robots may bridge this gap in the future. We are in a new era, one of artificial intelligence and robotics....
31 October 2018
| Aaron SJ Ferguson, Paul Stephen White, Graeme DM Sharpe
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ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In this interesting article, our experienced colleagues describe their favoured technique for performing endoscopic DCR and share with us the key steps for a successful outcome. Dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) was historically performed by ophthalmologists for nasolacrimal obstruction using external techniques. The...
We are seeing many advances in laryngology: from the lab, from equipment manufacturers and from developments in surgical techniques. The field of laryngology has been under constant change in recent years, with the introduction of new technologies and research. The...
After 15 years of running the Higher Training Scheme (HTS), the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) relaunched its postgraduate training scheme this year. We hear about the updated scheme and how it combines theoretical study and clinical training to provide...
Are they a malingerer? Or perhaps they are inattentive? It may be their drugs! Robert DiSogra considers the side-effects of medication on the test subject. The audiogram serves many purposes in clinical practice. For the audiologist, it helps to differentiate...
Lucy Mills and Yasmin Yuztas, Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust We had the pleasure of attending the 21st Annual BAA Conference at the Telford International Conference Centre. This was our first time at the event and anticipation was high...
On a stroll through Neolithic Britain, Seville oranges on a quay in Dundee, marmalade and 14th century coins, Chris Potter unravels the story of a man (a surgeon?) seemingly crushed by a falling 13-tonne stone. But things are not quite...
Dr Bec Anning, SET2 Otolaryngology Trainee, New South Wales, AustraliaThis March, delegates and experts from around the world joined us on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, for the 75th ASOHNS Annual Scientific Meeting. The...
The 126th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (JORL-HNS 2025) was held at Pacifico Yokohama in May. The event brought experts together from across Japan and further afield. Professor Shigeharu Fujieda from University...
In 11 chapters over 800 pages, Pasha and Golub have once again published an updated, popular and concise handbook sought by trainees all across the globe. Each chapter covers a range of sections from anatomy, physiology and diagnostic to new...