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A global survey of tracheostomy healthcare provision and patient participation: requirements for improvement

1 September 2019 | Madhup K Chaurasia | ENTA - Head & Neck | Medical, Education, Patient Participation, Quality Improvement, Tracheostomy

Patients with tracheostomy require comprehensive care which should begin in the preoperative phase and go through immediate postoperative and discharge phases with patient involvement as well. The authors assessed this with a multicentre, cross-sectional survey using a mailing list held...

Delays in oral cancer

1 November 2019 | Stuart Clark | ENTA - Head & Neck | Oral cancer, patient delay, professional delay, squamous cell carcinoma, treatment delay

This is a review from Canada where they attempt to relate delays in oral cancer presentation to treatment and the impact on stage, diagnosis and survival. They recognise that potentially the most significant delay is between the patient first noticing...

Surgery safety checklists

5 November 2021 | Gauri Mankekar | ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology

The time-outs were based on pre-flight checklists adopted by airline pilots and were instituted in all accredited hospitals and ambulatory care centres in the United States in 2003. The guidelines originate from general surgery and are not specific for the...

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Occurrence of cancer in asymmetrical tonsillar enlargement in adults

8 January 2024 | Madhup K Chaurasia | ENTA - Head & Neck | Head And Neck Neoplasms, Tonsillar Neoplasms

With significant increase in head and neck cancer in the last decade, attributed to HPV, fast-track referrals from primary care have markedly increased, adding further to the burden on the NHS. Whether or not unilateral tonsillar enlargement alone, without red...

Otology training in low- and middle-income countries: a view from within

5 July 2022 | Clemence Chidziva | ENTA - Otology

It is recognised that hearing loss and ear disease are far more common in less affluent parts of the world, and that those countries are often least able to provide treatment; so how can we prioritise care for these patients?...

Rapid genetic testing to avoid hearing loss in neonates

2 September 2022 | John H McDermott, William Newman (Prof) | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Otology

Thousands of newborn babies could avoid a lifetime of hearing loss thanks to a new rapid genetic test. In this article, we learn how. We have demonstrated for the first time that a rapid genetic test from a cheek swab...

Aligning hearing and cognitive healthcare in older people

6 November 2024 | Rohani Omar | ENTA - Audiology - Adult

Published in print under the titleHearing care and dementia: professional insights on the new Lancet Commission findingsThe Lancet Commission on ‘Dementia prevention, intervention and care: 2024 report’ highlights a list of potential modifiable factors to reduce dementia risk. As with...

Soundscapes of Zimbabwe: healing a nation one ear at a time

4 November 2025 | Mazvita Useya | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Adult

We hear about the life, vision and legacy of Dr Clemence Chidziva — the surgeon transforming ear and hearing care into a new wonder of Zimbabwe. Dr Clemence Chidziva. Tucked in the heart of Southern Africa, landlocked and bordered by...

5th Annual Inner Ear Disorders Therapeutics Summit

15 July 2025 -17 July 2025 | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric

Coined by industry as the only meeting of its kind and uniquely positioned to share fresh ideas and assess viable approaches to your most pressing preclinical, translational, and clinical bottlenecks, the 5th Inner Ear Disorders Summit returns as a forum to benchmark learnings from past failures, reignite momentum and develop investment into the audiology therapeutic landscape.

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