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Joining forces to improve laryngopharyngeal reflux diagnosis

3 January 2024 | Contracts & Distributors, Company Profiles, Research & Development
BIOHIT HealthCare is pleased to extend its corporate partnership with the British Laryngological Association (BLA) for a second year running, supporting its pursuit of improved diagnosis for laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

In conversation with Dr John Woo and Mr Derek Skinner

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Dr John Woo and Mr Derek Skinner have between them an absolute wealth of experience and expertise in the fields of surgical training and specialist examinations. Here, they tell us about their involvement in surgical education, and explain some of...

Double suspension sutures for obstructive sleep apnoea

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Double suspension sutures, Modified anterior palatoplasty, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
This study examines the benefit of an operation that targets the lateral pharyngeal wall. The double suspension sutures are, in essence, a suture through the palatopharyngeus muscle which is then tied around the hamulus in the retro molar area. This...
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What characterises dysphagia in unilateral vocal fold impairment?

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Dysphagia, Pathophysiology, Quantitative measures, Unilateral vocal fold immobility, Videofluoroscopic swallow studies
The closure of the vocal folds during swallowing is known to contribute to airway protection along with epiglottic inversion and closure of the false vocal folds. It is therefore plausible to expect that unilateral vocal fold impairment without complete closure...
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Does the appearance, texture, and flavour of food affect how we swallow?

4 September 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Dysphagia, Food and beverages, Swallowing
Texture modification and the use of thickened fluids are well-known strategies used to facilitate swallowing in people with dysphagia. However, some controversy exists around thickeners and their possible negative impact on hydration and medication absorption. This paper considers other properties...

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
As tonsillectomy rates for recurrent sore throats have declined, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of OSA in children. Not always diagnosed early – or in some cases at all – and with continuing debate as to how...

Detecting cancer margins during robotic head and neck cancer surgery using ambient mass spectrometry

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
We have known about altered metabolism in cancer cells since Otto Warburg described it 97 years ago. But can we take advantage of this knowledge in curing cancer? Jim Higginson explains the value of smoke generated during cancer surgery. The...

Dysphagia in complex laryngology – maintaining the balance

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
These authors from the speech and language therapy department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, describe their view of a patient-centred approach to managing dysphagia in complex laryngology. Careful consideration of the balance of airway, voice and swallow, which is...

Patient initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Is it time for a change in the way we follow up head and neck cancer patients after treatment? Paul Nankivell and Hisham Mehanna explain the rationale for the PETNECK2 trial. After completion of curative intent treatment, clinical follow-up currently...

The role of the multidisciplinary team in laryngology and airway – the Charing Cross experience

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
As the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, the Charing Cross laryngology MDT provides expert care to patients with airway problems as well as voice and swallowing disorders. In this article, the team explain their raison d’etre and why the MDT...

What’s happened since the European position paper on nose and sinus tumours?

1 May 2017 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The management of malignant sinonasal tumours has gone through radical changes in recent years. Prof Valerie Lund gives us an update based on her upcoming talk at IFOS. In 2010 when we published the European position paper on ‘endoscopic management...

Symposium ORL 75

7 November 2025 -10 November 2025
Therese Schembri, Higher specialist trainee in ENTA highly successful French-Maltese ORL symposium hosted by Professor Adrian Agius was held in Malta in November 2025. ORL-75 refers to the post code of Paris. Forty Parisian ORL specialists and head and neck...