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8th Baltic ENT Congress

Austėja Kučinskienė, senior resident. Attending the Baltic Otorhinolaryngology Congress held great personal significance for me. Organised by the Lithuanian Society of Otorhinolaryngology every three years under the esteemed leadership of President Professor Eugenijus Lesinskas, it took place in Vilnius, Lithuania,...

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.

Endoscopic myringoplasty: a promising alternative to microscopic surgery

Endoscopes have revolutionised otitis media surgery in recent years and are increasingly used in the surgical management of cholesteatoma, sinus tympani pathology and facial nerve surgery. Despite this, the development of endoscopic myringoplasty and how this compares to its microscopic...

MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...

Young CEORL-HNS: growing a pan-European ENT network

We are seeing a growth in the number of organisations supporting young ENT surgeons. Young CEORL-HNS is a thriving and expanding group. The Young Confederation of European ORL-HNS (Y-CEORL) was created with a simple idea in mind: to give young...

Audiology Review: Preparing for the Praxis and Comprehensive Examinations

This book is a well-structured and thoughtfully compiled resource aimed at students preparing for audiology examinations. While primarily tailored to the Praxis exam in the United States, its content remains broadly applicable to an international audience, including students in the...

Silent sinus syndrome: which approach offers the best outcome?

Silent sinus syndrome (SSS) is a rare condition with patients presenting as spontaneous, painless enophthalmos, hypoglobus, orbital asymmetry, and maxillary sinus collapse on the ipsilateral side. The orbital resorption occurs secondary to negative pressure created in the maxillary sinus by...

Professor Mahmood Bhutta awarded Royal College President’s Medal

Professor Mahmood Bhutta, Chair in ENT at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and Professor of Sustainable Healthcare, has been awarded the 2024 President’s Medal by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. This prestigious honour recognises his exceptional contributions to global health, sustainability and ethical practices in medical supply chains.

ENT Masterclass® Vietnam

Held for the first time in Southeast Asia, the ‘Facing the World’ ENT Masterclass®, took place successfully in Hanoi – Vietnam’s historic capital with a thousand years of cultural heritage. Hosted and sponsored by Facing the World and Hong Ngoc - Phuc Truong Minh General Hospital in conjunction with ENT Masterclass®, this event marked the organisations’ most significant undertaking to date.

The theory of everything (tonsil)?

Tonsil sepsis can manifest as acute tonsillitis, a peritonsillar abscess (PTA) or rarely as an intra-tonsillar (ITA) abscess. Whilst the management of these conditions is familiar to ENT surgeons from early in training, perhaps little attention has been paid to...

A novel graft material for endoscopic tympanoplasty using the pre-tragal SMAS layer

The traditional biological graft materials for providing a scaffold for tympanic membrane reconstruction include temporalis fascia as well as conchal and tragal perichondrium/cartilage. This group from Taiwan present a novel graft option using the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) layer. They...

Can junior doctors provide immediate help in airway and other ENT emergencies?

In the present trends for centralisation of ENT emergency services, availability of immediate middle grade or senior help in acute ENT emergencies does not always exist on site and hence the role of junior doctors in handling this is enhanced...