Ahead of the 19th Annual ENT Nurses Masterclass®, taking place on 21 August 2026 in Doncaster, ENT & Audiology News speaks with Sister Lucy Brooks, Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist, who this year joins Professor Shahed Quraishi in helping...
Ahead of the 19th Annual ENT Nurses Masterclass®, taking place on 21 August 2026 in Doncaster, ENT & Audiology News speaks with Sister Lucy Brooks, Head and Neck Clinical Nurse Specialist, who this year joins Professor Shahed Quraishi in helping...
Over the last few decades, rhinology has been one of the most dynamic and progressive areas of ENT. Professor Fokkens is perfectly placed to offer insight into the future possibilities that could transform our patients’ care, many of which are...
Despite a decrease in intracranial complications from otogenic infections since the introduction of antibiotics, there is still morbidity and mortality associated with this. This group from the Netherlands conducted a retrospective review of all the patients treated for intracranial complications...
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) leads to histological changes including thickening of the basilar membrane and epithelial proliferation. Molecular mechanisms underlying these changes are still not fully clear. A signalling pathway called the hippo with Yes‐associated protein (YAP) as...
1 January 2018
| Neil S Tolley (Prof), Mustafa Jaafar, Charlotte Mcintyre
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ENTA - General
Simulation in medical training is gaining prominence with every passing year, and BACO will have a large space showcasing this area. We hear from the organisers. In recognition of the developing importance of simulation in surgical training, BACO 2018 has...
The benefits of endoscopes in otologic surgery, which have become increasingly widely appreciated in recent years, are very well suited to the management of paediatric middle ear disease. Although one might imagine that the smaller ear canal of a child...
Chris Potter has a thing or two to say about the use of statistics and, in doing so, he takes us to a Friday night steak house that is prone to airway disasters and on a short tour of his...
21st January 2021 Back to basics Yesterday I went right back to where my medical career began. I grew up in Germany, bilingual. A prerequisite to studying medicine in Germany is that applicants have to spend two months working as...
Three ENT consultants feature in an exhibition that shines a spotlight on women in surgery. ‘Insight: Portraits of Women in Surgery’ runs until mid-April at the Hunterian Museum within the Royal College of Surgeons in London. It brings together women surgeons from different surgical specialities, career stages and regions across the UK.
Tamsin Coates lives in Wallesey, UK and talks about coming to terms with the difficulties and joys of having two deaf children. Here she explains about the early days and the impact of their diagnosis upon the family. Thinking back...
6 January 2023
| Jennifer C Magill, Michelle E Wyatt
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ENTA - Paediatrics
Open surgery for paediatric airway pathologies such as subglottic stenosis was hailed as revolutionary when many of today’s paediatric ORL specialists were in training. Equipment, facilities and training has moved on and the high-quality optics in modern endoscopes, coupled with...