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A medical student’s perspective on the future of obstructive sleep apnoea management

17 June 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea remains an immensely challenging condition to treat. Many treatments have been used over the years, but no single management strategy has proven significantly better than the others. We hear about some technological innovations in the field of...

First UK hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant in the treatment for moderate to severe OSA

25 April 2023 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Obstructive sleep apnoea has been treated in many different ways over the years. We hear from Yakubu Karagama about one of the latest surgical developments. Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is by far the most common sleep disorder, affecting all...

Retained surgical cottonoids in the nose

1 January 2018 |
his is an interesting group of case reports essentially documenting the presence and characteristics of retained surgical packing (non-resorbable) post sinus surgery. Paranasal gossypiboma refers to surgical foreign objects such as sponge or patties that are left in the nose;...
American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy cover image.

Not the answer yet, but it may be in the future

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
AI is certainly a topical issue these days and radiomics refers to techniques which allow the extraction of quantitative features from medical imaging to produce large data sets for clinical problem solving. This paper looks at CT imaging of the...
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology journal cover image.

Laryngopharyngeal reflux - would mucolytics help?

2 November 2020 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
With laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) being such a common presenting complaint to ENT clinics, who would not want to have more, effective treatment options for patients suffering with this annoying condition? In their small randomised, controlled trial, Chae et al put...

ENT UK Head & Neck Meeting

14 March 2025 | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
The ENT UK Head and Neck Evidence-Based Management Meeting focusing on malignancy of the nose and paranasal sinuses was held in the historic market town of York. The multidisciplinary approach required to manage this complex disease was reflected in the speaker lineup, with national representation from ENT, maxillofacial and plastic surgery, oncology, palliative medicine, histopathology and radiology.

Patron saints of the ear

2 March 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
We all know that ear symptoms include hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus and otalgia, but did you know there are patron saints for all these symptoms? John Riddington Young shares an overview of the patron saints of the ear, inspired by...

Advanced in-office awake rhinology

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
In-office awake rhinology transforms sinonasal care, offering safe, cost-effective, minimally invasive procedures with rapid recovery and high patient satisfaction. In recent years, the landscape of otolaryngological surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation with the advent of in-office awake surgical procedures....

Dizziness: confusion, issues and considerations

1 November 2015 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Douglas L Beck gives his unique take on the difficulties involved in diagnosing dizzy patients and the importance of well-founded research acting as the basis for any diagnosis and treatment decisions. Dizziness. Uh-oh. We really have a very limited understanding...

Sniffing out the evidence – COVID-19 and loss of sense of smell and taste

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Louis Pasteur once observed: “In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.” Professor Hopkins was certainly prepared when a few anecdotes of smell problems started to accumulate early in the pandemic’s course. Post-viral olfactory loss is nothing...

Acoustic shock: definitions and clinical aspects

27 February 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Otology
Acoustic shock, a previously little-known and poorly understood clinical entity, came to the public’s attention in 2019 due to a high-profile legal case of a musician at the Royal Opera House. In this fascinating article, Andrew Parker and William Parker...

Communicating with patients in 
‘Plain English’

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - General
Physicians have long been accused of using unnecessarily complicated language and impenetrable jargon as a way of maintaining their status, prestige and high earnings-potential, bamboozling the public and excluding them from meaningful discussion as part of what George Bernard Shaw...