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Consequences of tonsillectomy rationing?
This article examines Hospital Episode Statistics and Office for National Statistics data to investigate the change in rates of tonsillectomy and admissions for tonsillitis and its complications, over a 20-year period. Between 1991 and 2011, 44% fewer tonsillectomies were performed....
Peripheral nerve reconstruction using cell-enhanced acellular nerve grafts
Autologous nerve grafts are the current gold standard for peripheral nerve reconstruction. This systematic review analyses the role of cell-enhanced acellular nerve (ANA) grafts on the regeneration of peripheral nerve injuries. Several studies have been published to examine alternatives to...
Review of pituitary tumour pathology
This is an excellent review article covering the pathology of pituitary adenomas (PA) as well as rare sellar lesions like lymphocytic hypophysitis that require aggressive treatment. The authors have preserved the 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of PA and...
Is benign intracranial hypertension underdiagnosed in patients with spontaneous CSF leaks?
In ENT practice we come across spontaneous CSF leaks. Patients present either as unilateral watery rhinorrhoea or otorrhoea, or sometimes as hearing loss with a watery middle ear effusion. Clinicians, after confirming the diagnosis of CSF leak with beta 2...
Should we leave a reconstructed auricle exposed?
Microtia results in psychological and functional morbidity and total auricle reconstruction offers the affected individual a more cosmetically pleasing ear. The art of dressing postoperatively can be heterogenous between surgeons. This single-centre retrospective study based in China compared complication rate...MICRONOMIC® III Good things do come in small packages!
Entermed’s budget-friendly Micronomic III is a compact workstation designed to accommodate every ENT surgeons’ basic requirements in tight conditions.Navigating the Winds of Change in the CO₂ ENT Surgical Laser Market
The CO₂ ENT surgical laser market is poised for significant changes by the end of 2024.ENT Surgical Hackathon
Rana Tahoun, CST2, Northwest Deanery, UK An ENT hackathon? Not two things you expect to read in the same sentence! It was actually the first time it ever happened, and it was open to all ENT surgeons and aspiring surgeons....
Browning’s Audiology for Clinicians - Third Edition
The third edition of Browning’s Audiology for Clinicians is one of the clearest and most practical audiology texts I’ve used in ENT. It focuses on what matters clinically, presenting audiological principles in a way that supports real decision-making. What stands...
How AI is expanding accessibility for people with hearing loss in speech-to-text apps
In hospitals and clinical environments where masks are required, deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals continue to experience additional barriers due to the absence of visual cues. Similarly, large in-person meetings, virtual sessions, classrooms and lectures can be difficult to navigate when...Are noise-cancelling headphones a cause for concern?
Audiologists are calling for more research into the impact of noise-cancelling headphones on auditory processing, particularly among children and young people. The issue has been receiving media attention recently after a BBC News report asked whether headphones are to blame...
