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The effect on taste buds due to severing of the chorda tympani nerve

1 May 2015 |
The long-term histological effect on taste buds following cutting of the chorda tympani in humans is not clear. Confocal laser scanning allows in-vivo examination of the same group of taste buds and is aiding our understanding of why patients recover...
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Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands - Third Edition

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands - Third Edition is an excellent text for trainee and specialist surgeons with an interest in head and neck endocrine surgery. The organisation of the book simply makes sense, showing progression from the...
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Rock Steady: Healing Vertigo or Tinnitus with Neuroplasticity

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Rock Steady guides the reader through a change in attitude towards chronic tinnitus or imbalance. The premise is that changes in the human body are an inevitable part of life, through trauma, ageing and illness. These changes can produce sensations...
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Bilateral medialisation thyroplasty for presbylaryngis

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy | Atrophy, Bilateral, Medialization, Presbylaryngis, Thyroplasty
This retrospective case series explores the voice outcomes for 21 patients diagnosed with presbylaryngis who underwent bilateral medialisation thyroplasty at a university medical centre in Portland, Oregon, USA. Silastic was implanted in 17 patients; hydroxyapatite in four. Significant improvements were...
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Dacryocystorhinostomy revisited

3 July 2023 | | ENTA - Neurotology
In this technical variant, instead of seeking the lacrimal sac, the authors describe a retrograde technique. They first identify the nasolacrimal duct at the level of the most anterior insertion of the inferior turbinate in the lateral nasal wall. The...

Funding your otolaryngology / audiology idea by partnering with 
the US Department of Defense

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - ENT
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has been an effective partner in many of our current medical technology advancements, from the surgical robot, to improved clotting wound dressings, to better blood products. For the otolaryngology and audiology entrepreneur looking...

Ear wax: the good, the bad, and the ugly

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
With ear wax removal being a core part of ENT and audiology services, Seth Schwartz gives us his dos and don’ts. We have all seen cartoons where a character pulls enough wax out of their ears to make a candle....

New RSCI President-Elect

20 February 2020
Professor Laura Viani has been elected President-elect of the RCSI. Prof Viana will take up office 2022-2024. Prof Viana becomes the second female RSCI President in over 200 years and the third of the ENT specialty. Prof Laura Viani is...

UK universities get £2.2m for aural diversity research

8 March 2024
The University of Salford, in collaboration with Goldsmiths, University of London, has been awarded up to £2.2 million in funding for a groundbreaking initiative aimed at advancing research in hearing.

The golden nose – reshaping the nose 100 years ago

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - ENT
Wolf Lűbbers (with the golden nose). Who with a crooked nose would not embrace the chance to go to bed in the evening wearing a surgical device and wake up the following morning with a straight one? And all this...

3rd APLA Congress and 6th National Conference of Laryngology And Voice Association Of Bangladesh (LVAB)

2 March 2024 -4 March 2024
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Laryngology Association (APLA) Congress took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 2nd to 4th March 2024 with the theme SAVE ( Swallowing, Airway and Vice Evaluation) Lives. The congress welcomed 700 delegates and 40 national and international faculties from across the Asia-Pacific region, comprising leading experts, practitioners, researchers, and students in the field of laryngology.

Young ESPO - calling all young paediatric otolaryngologists

5 October 2020
Young ESPO welcomes all junior otolaryngologists with a special interest in paediatrics to become part of a community of training doctors, and share clinical and research knowledge on paediatric ENT!