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Pre-habilitation in head and neck cancer – a literature review to guide best practice

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Curative treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC) often requires surgery; however, outcomes are impacted by the complexity of the surgery and the patient population. Increasingly ‘Enhanced Recovery After Surgery’ (ERAS) protocols are being used to maximise patient outcomes and...
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Safety factors in use of balloon tuboplasty

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Otology
Various medications used to restore eustachian tube function have unpredictable results and these are often disappointing. Balloon dilatation of eustachian tube came around 2010 but has not really gained momentum, mainly due to apprehended complications. In this review article, the...
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Should we leave a reconstructed auricle exposed?

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Otology
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...

Take-home tinnitus care – Sound Relief App

1 July 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a condition that affects over 300 million people worldwide. Typically it manifests as a ringing or buzzing in the ears and while there is not yet a cure there are many ways for patients to manage their tinnitus....

Interacoustics launches IA-AMTAS self-testing option

27 January 2022 | Research & Development
Interacoustics recently launched the IA-AMTAS automated test feature for patient self-testing in the audiometry module of Affinity Compact.

Join BIOHIT HealthCare at the ENT UK and YCOHNS 2025 Annual Meeting

9 April 2025 | Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
BIOHIT HealthCare will be attending this year’s ENT UK and YCOHNS Annual Meeting on the 26th and 27th of June. These conferences will take place back-to-back at IET Birmingham, bringing together leading experts in ENT surgery and otorhinolaryngology to discuss...

Treating voice disorders in singers

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
There are few ENT surgeons who have as much insight into singers’ problems as Nick Gibbins. A good knowledge of working patterns, repertoire and the physiology of ‘vocal athletes’ is essential. He shares a few thoughts with us. When deciding...

How can we be SMART with virtual consultations?

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - General
At the beginning of 2020, video conferencing and phone consultations accounted for less than 1% of all consultations. Now it is probably 70%. Whilst there are many remote consultation solutions available, Tina Marshall describes what the ideal solution should look...

What’s in a name?

1 March 2016 |
Kate Granger is a doctor and the founder of the #hellomynameis campaign; she is also a cancer patient. In this article she explains why she started the campaign, and why patient-centred care starts with an introduction. Chris and me the...

Reducing hierarchy for individuals and teams across ENT

3 May 2022 | | ENTA - General
Alexander Pope said that “to err is human”, but medical errors can have serious consequences. How can better communication minimise the risk of them occurring in the first place? Allowing all members of the surgical team to feel empowered to...

Developing outcome measures for research

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
There are challenges in developing outcomes measures; Professor Hall presents five top pointers for making rapid progress in developing outcome measures for research purposes. Anyone who has worked clinically with hearing loss will appreciate that every patient’s experience is personal....

Enhancing and extending hearing care using Ida Telecare

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Tele-audiology has been on our radar for a long while, and evidence shows that its application in clinical practice is beneficial to both patients and clinicians. Cherilee Rutherford discusses the benefits and gives an overview of the freely-available tools developed...