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Is surgery in obese children with obstructive sleep apnoea effective?

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty | adenotonsillectomy, apnea, lingual tonsillectomy, meta-analysis, midline posterior glossectomy, obesity, outcomes, supraglottoplasty, surgery, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
The authors present the results of their literature review and meta-analysis of studies examining adenotonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), supraglottoplasty, tongue base surgery or a combination in obese children with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). The one study investigating effects of UPPP was...

Ramsey Hunt causes more widespread vestibular dysfunction that other causes of acute peripheral vestibulopathy

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
The extent of semicircular canal dysfunction in different conditions causing acute vestibular syndrome (AS) has not been widely studied. The authors share their findings in a retrospective study of patients presenting with AVS in three conditions: Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHSD),...

The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training: by trainees for trainees

1 November 2016 | | ENTA - ENT
The Association of Otolaryngologists in Training (AOT) is an independent organisation, run by trainees for trainees in the UK for over 25 years. Its aims are to represent all ENT trainees in the UK; to improve and promote standards of...

Recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis: What to do next?

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst the majority of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) will significantly improve with treatment, we are sometimes left with a ‘hard-core’ of nasal cripples who fail to improve despite our best efforts. How can we deal with these patients? Valerie...

Skull bone reconstruction using 3D-printed titanium implant

7 January 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
ENT surgeons’ role in advanced skull base resection and reconstruction continues to grow; this article explores how 3D printing aids planning and repair of complex defects. The integrity of the craniofacial skeleton is essential for both functional and aesthetic reasons....

Minimally invasive craniotomy for middle fossa dura repair using the exoscope

4 March 2026 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery: Lateral
A minimally invasive temporal craniotomy using an exoscope offers improved visualisation, ergonomics and recovery for middle fossa dural CSF leak repair. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak through a dural defect, regardless of the cause, typically requires surgical repair. Depending on the...

In conversation with Professor Seiji Kakehata

7 April 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Endoscopic ear surgery has been a rapidly evolving area of clinical practice in recent years. Our Global Ambassador in the Far East/ASEAN Region, Professor Tatsuya Yamasoba talks to one of the main exponents of this technique, and about the next...

Why one should not be seduced into organising a conference

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Having enjoyed yourself at so many meetings, it may strike you or be suggested to you by ‘friends’, that it would be a good idea to organise an international conference. Think of the kudos, the fame, the financial gain for...

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...

From the editor / ENT in this issue... CEORL-HNS Brussels 2019 (JanFeb19)

1 January 2019
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS),Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK Email: d.costello@nhs.net Welcome As we turn the corner from 2018 into 2019, it is interesting to reflect that we...

In conversation: Russell Tyler

6 October 2022
Alex Griffiths-Brown talks to a star of classical music about playing with a cochlear implant.

Neuroimaging WG3. Neuroimaging as a window on the heterogeneity of tinnitus

1 January 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Pim van Dijk and Sven Vanneste describe the hope that brain imaging techniques used for research will provide a better understanding of the heterogeneity of tinnitus through large-scale analysis. Their project will create a procedure whereby researchers can submit their...