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Audiovisual antics – now you see it, now you don’t

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - General
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...

Coronavirus: leading surgeon calls for 'Covid-free hubs' to treat cancer patients

6 May 2020
Professor Michael Griffin said cancer surgeons are facing 'an impossibly difficult question' of whether to operate amid the coronavirus outbreak. CLICK HERE

Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Clinical Reference Guide – 5th Edition

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
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...

Lymph node ratio in tongue cancer

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck | head and neck cancer, neck dissection, survival rate, tongue cancer
This is an analysis of 88 patients treated in Switzerland between 2003 and 2012. All patients had a selective neck dissection and recurrence occurred in 25 patients. Overall and disease specific survival were 72% and 80%. They specifically looked at...
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Tonsillectomy and the environment

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The authors compared the carbon footprint of various techniques used for subtotal tonsillectomy. The techniques included radiofrequency ablation, coblation and cold steel with bipolar diathermy. All medical equipment was reported and their carbon emissions in eCO₂ calculated. Cold steel with...

Launch of ENT Masterclass Cyber Textbook 6th Edition

26 June 2023
The 6th edition of the ENT Masterclass Cyber Textbook of Operative Surgery has been published and is completely free to access online. It is a carefully curated virtual library of surgical videos from leading experts across the globe. All sections...

Well drilling vs. subperiosteal pocket for cochlear implants – comparison of operative time, complications and cost-effectiveness

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology
The choice of method for securing the receiver/stimulator (R/S) package during cochlear implant surgery is usually dependant on several factors, but primarily surgeon preference. The initial recommendation from manufacturers was to drill a bony well (WD technique) and use bony...

Reconstructive Plastic Surgery of the Head and Neck: Current Techniques and Flap Atlas

1 March 2018 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Head and neck reconstruction continues to provide a challenge to surgeons, driving innovative approaches in free-flap surgery and a need to embrace developing technologies. This excellent text, written primarily by authors from the renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas,...

In conversation with Professor Valerie J Lund CBE

1 September 2015 | | ENTA - ENT
Valerie Lund is Professor of Rhinology at the Ear Institute, University College London and is an Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital (Royal Free Trust), Moorfields Eye Hospital, University College Hospital and Imperial...

Robotic surgery for squamous cell cancer: the new frontiers

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Although the da Vinci platform was FDA approved for early-stage oropharyngeal cancers, the indications have expanded. In this article, John Hardman explains how surgeons, with greater understanding of the strengths and limitations of robotic surgery, have systematically set out to...

In conversation with Trevor McGill

1 January 2015 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
After more than four decades of paediatric clinical practice, Trevor McGill shares his wealth of experience and knowledge with Pat Bradley. Trevor, as a national and internationally acknowledged Paediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, to what do you owe this...

Ossicular reconstruction

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Otology
Ossicular reconstruction often yields disappointing results, even for the most experienced and skilled of otologists. John Dornhoffer and David Walker explain that the most important determinant of outcome is the patient’s middle ear environment, and offer some valuable words of...