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The big ask – maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit in academic facial plastic surgery in the USA

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
en·tre·pre·neur, noun a person who organises and operates a business and who has qualities of leadership, initiative and innovation. In the United States, facial plastic surgery (FPS) services are divided among private and academic practices. The vast majority of academic...

Academic BACO 2015

1 July 2015 | | ENTA - General
Putting together the academic programme for BACO is a monumental task. Academic Chairman Shakeel Saeed and Peter Andrews, the Academic Secretary of the conference, tell us how to make it a success. Conference season is nearly upon us, and Liverpool...

Is one glass of wine on call safe?

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - General
It’s a standard question for those about to sit a Specialist Training (ST) interview; you are on call and you call a senior colleague in to perform an operation. You smell alcohol on the breath of the surgeon, so what...

Update on EU patient safety petition

26 November 2025
The European Commission has now replied to the parliamentary question posed earlier this year, when Professors Adrian Agius of Malta and John Fenton of Ireland brought a petition on patient safety.

The role of the respiratory physician in sleep medicine

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
ENT surgeons may feel that they are the first point of referral for the majority of patients with snoring and possible obstructive sleep apnoea, but in reality a significant number of patients with sleep-disordered breathing (of any cause) are seen...

Bipolar microdebrider turbinoplasty

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
There are a variety of ways to reduce the bulk of hypertrophied turbinates. Kimberley Lau and Showkat Mirza describe their technique which can be used in difficult cases and with minimal morbidity. As ever, one aim should be to avoid...

Awake transnasal laryngeal and pharyngeal biopsy in the unsedated patient

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In an attempt to improve the efficiency and flow of patients through a busy ENT clinic, technology now allows the ENT surgeon to consider biopsies in the outpatient setting on a more regular and controlled basis. This can avoid the...

The delivery of ENT services in Mongolia: what are its obstacles?

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Globally, the burden of ENT disease is great. Disabling hearing loss (DHL) for example, is reported to affect half a billion people worldwide. The majority of afflicted individuals live in lower and middle-income countries (LMIC) [1]. This article, a collaboration...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear health in the 2020s

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Otology
The world is in the midst of a pandemic, and global health is severely threatened by this novel coronavirus which has caused over three million infections of COVID-19 and claimed more than 228,000 lives to date*. Societies and health systems...

Getting the message right on hearing loss and dementia

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Are we reaching a consensus on how hearing professionals should talk about hearing loss and dementia? In 2024, the British Society of Audiology (BSA), in collaboration with the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) and the British Society of Hearing Aid...

Does hand dominance impact ENT surgeons?

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - General
Recognising handedness could help create a more inclusive surgical environment. A team from Imperial College and Cambridge explores the challenges and practical solutions. Surgical disciplines require a high level of fine motor skills. Many procedures in ENT simultaneously challenge a...

Intratympanic steroids in Ménière's disease: what’s the evidence?

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
The days of drastic surgery for Ménière's disease are long gone. We know that intratympanic injections can deliver high doses of medication to the inner ear with minimal discomfort and minimal risk. But how do we choose from the myriad...