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Lip sensory disturbance in osteotomy patients

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Neurosensory disturbance resulting from inferior alveolar nerve injury during a sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) is a well-recognised complication. This paper from Türkiye looked at 20 patients with neurosensory disturbance >12 months after a bimaxillary osteotomy including a BSSO surgery and...

COVID-19 Podcasts

14 May 2020 | COVID-19
Below is a list of useful audio resources connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. This list will be updated as and when more become available. BLA connections - A Clear Voice. - CLICK HERE AAO-HNS COVID-19 Podcast Series. - CLICK HERE...
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Post-cancer prosthodontic reconstruction

1 November 2015 | | Biologically driven rehabilitation, Oral oncologic surgery, Peri-implant tissue, Prosthetically driven rehabilitation
A functional outcome after head and neck cancer resection is aimed at restoring speech and swallow. Dental reconstruction greatly facilitates this, particularly by enabling the patient to chew food. The authors reinforce the need for careful presurgical planning with treatment...
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Hyoid bone interposition graft in treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
Laryngotracheal stenosis remains a challenging condition to manage, with treatment options plagued by either high rates of recurrence or excessive morbidity. The authors describe two cases of adult laryngotracheal stenosis treated by a hyoid interposition composite graft. A two-step procedure...
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Is there evidence to support early discharge of patients with tonsillitis, quinsy and epistaxis?

6 September 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Epistaxis, Peritonsillar Abscess, Tonsillitis
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its unprecedented pressures on the NHS, demands changes in the management of common ENT emergencies. In this review article, information has been gleaned from 22 relevant articles on how this can be done. The Portsmouth tonsillitis...
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Person-centric practice within a hearing wellbeing programme

7 January 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
This Australian team describe their development process of a hearing wellbeing programme beginning in August 2020, with a wide variety of stakeholders being involved. Primarily, they report, they aimed to overcome the challenge of providing engaging social and emotional support...

Circular economy approach to reducing your carbon footprint in your ENT operating room

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - General
Although our operating rooms consume significant resources, some simple changes can have considerable impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Here are 10 such simple things we can do. Waste is one of the largest contributors to a hospital’s carbon footprint,...

Questionnaires to measure tinnitus severity

24 May 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Tinnitus
The handicap associated with tinnitus can arise from any combination of stress, anxiety, depression, emotional distress, insomnia, difficulties concentrating, or impairments in quality of life or everyday functioning. Measuring such handicap and determining clinical need is therefore far from trivial....

Screening for hearing loss with mHealth solutions

1 March 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
With the number of people suffering from hearing loss growing all the time, the need for early detection and intervention is imperative. De Wet Swanepoel discusses two examples of mHealth possibilities for hearing screening which, as a low cost solution,...

Sound sensitivity in children

1 January 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Sound tolerance symptoms in young patients can be a challenge, Veronica Kennedy and Claire Benton share their clinical experience in navigating the issues that can arise in diagnosis and management. In any noisy environment, it’s a common sight to see...

Birmingham 2020 – think big, think BACO

7 January 2020 | | ENTA - General
When Richard Irving and Ann-Louise McDermott made their successful bid to host BACO 2020 in Birmingham, they knew it had far more going for it than the International Conference Centre! Lucy Dalton tells us a little more about the attractions...

An overview of human factors in ENT and anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - General
James Bates and Chris Frerk are both passionate about how human factors science can improve safety in healthcare and have co-authored this article describing how communication, ergonomics and other non-technical skills are making operating theatres safer. There is no doubt...