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Chester-gel technique

5 July 2022 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Umesh Nagalotimath and Robert Temple describe a simple and effective technique for enhancing vision during endosheath use for flexible nasendoscopy. Endosheaths are used to complement the cleaning of flexible scopes. The advantages are time saving for clinicians as this reduces...

Sylvester O’Halloran Perioperative Symposium 2024

29 February 2024 -2 March 2023
Co-chair Andrew Dias with best poster winner Nyamateja Kaare. Lisa O’Byrne, ST5 Otolaryngology, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. The annual Sylvester O’Halloran Perioperative Symposium, first held in 1992, has evolved to include all surgical specialties as well as many...

The pioneer of precision: Wolfgang Steiner and the evolution of transoral laser surgery

6 November 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
It is rare that a single clinician entirely changes the course of the management of a particular condition. Steiner was one such clinician. Wolfgang Steiner was to transoral laser microsurgery what Grandmaster Flash was to hip-hop or James Brown was...

OBITUARY: Dr David Pothier

1 September 2018
David Pothier passed away on July 27, 2018 in the early hours of the morning following a struggle with recurrent brain cancer. His passing extinguished a brilliant light, the likes of which few of us will witness in our lifetime....
Scopis ENT software with targeted guided surgery being used to formulate surgical route photo

Augmented reality – a quick overview of potential technology

1 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Is that the optic nerve? Where is the carotid? Both questions you would prefer to know the answer to upfront. This article discusses if augmented reality can help us with surgical navigation around the skull base. Although endoscopic skull base...

Emerging robotic systems for head and neck surgery

4 November 2021 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
As of December 2020, seven robotic surgical systems have received approval for use in different jurisdictions, and many more task-specific robots are in the pipeline. Jack Faulkner takes us through what’s on the horizon for head and neck cancer surgery....

Gastric inlet patch – an under-diagnosed cause of globus

4 May 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
A gastric inlet patch (GIP) is an island of heterotopic gastric mucosa found commonly in the proximal oesophagus just below the upper oesophageal sphincter. It is often underdiagnosed due to its location. Its importance and clinical relevance can be underestimated...

Middle ear reconstruction in children: why, when and how

31 October 2018 | | ENTA - Paediatrics
Every ear in every child is different. Rob Nash discusses the rationale behind reconstructive ear surgery in children and his philosophy on timing and techniques of reconstruction. It is rare for middle ear pathologies to be life threatening. Indeed, it...

A small company’s perspective

1 March 2015 | ENTA - General
In this article, we hear from Alan McNulty, Director from Sheffmed, an SME (Small – Medium Enterprise), who have supplied surgical instruments, consumables and video systems to ENT clinicians for over 12 years. Alan outlines some of the choices and...

Endoscopic ‘syringe and cutdown’ technique for nasolacrimal duct obstruction in children

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
This article presents a novel yet simple technique to help in the management of congenital NLDO. The authors propose it as a valuable addition to existing standard procedures. Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) is a condition encountered within the first...

ENT across borders – revisited

1 March 2018 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
The exceptional Professor Muaaz Tarabichi is known to many as a pioneer of endoscopic ear surgery, and a founder of generous scholarships to trainees from developing countries. He also has an inspiring story of how he came to his current...

OBITUARY: Professor Heinz Stammberger (1946-2018)

19 December 2018 | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
We, at ENT & Audiology News, have just learned of the death of Professor Heinz Stammberger on 9 December. Within the global ENT community, there can be few people whose names are as well-known as his, and his loss will...