You searched for "surgeon"
Ethics, conduct and sinonasal surgery
For the three plenary sessions at ERS 2023, we asked top leaders in the field to enlighten us in the general aspects of our profession that need attention. Prof Gil Siegal will discuss the ethical questions we encounter in our...Triple semicircular canal occlusion and Meniere’s disease: a rising alternative treatment?
Patients with dizziness form a large part of the workload for ENT surgeons. In the overwhelming majority of cases, management will be medical and successful. However, occasionally some patients present a challenge when they have not responded to conventional treatments....Diplomacy and the art of consensus meetings
Over the years I have been involved in a large number of international consensus meetings, usually attended by people from a wide range of specialities and nationalities. They require considerable diplomacy and leave one with an enormously increased admiration for...Global recognition for the work of Professor Mahmood Bhutta
Professor Mahmood Bhutta, Chair of ENT Surgery and Professor of Sustainable Healthcare at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, is the recipient of both a prestigious international award and a grant for his pioneering work on ear disease around the world.
Revision stapes surgery
Few centres have much experience of revision stapes surgery, so it was interesting to read about the findings of this Turkish centre with regards to the causes and outcomes for revision otosclerosis surgery over a 16-year period. A total of...New podcast : Follow your Nose
The Irish Rhinologic Society has recently launched an introductory patient education podcast series. The initial series will be four episodes, which will also include a dedicated episode to asthma/allergic rhinitis and nasal surgery.
Safeguarding Physician Wellbeing: Using Checklists for Personal, Professional and Psychological Safety
‘Checklists’ in the operating room make for safer surgery, better handovers and improved patient care. Can we apply the principles we have learned since Atul Gawande and the WHO pioneered this approach to surgery to our own wellbeing as doctors,...
Does turbinoplasty outcome vary in the presence of allergic disease?
This well organised study from Australia looks at inferior turbinoplasty outcomes in patients with allergy and non-allergic rhinitis who have become refractory to medical treatment. There were 190 patients undergoing turbinoplasty with or without septoplasty assessed in this case-control study...
