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In conversation with Prof Helge Rask-Andersen: on cell regeneration and treatment of human deafness

2 September 2022 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Auditory Implants, ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Otology
Helge Rask-Andersen, head of the inner ear research laboratory at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, has many achievements to his name. He was made an Honorary Member of ENT UK earlier this year. Gerry O’Donoghue caught up with him...

Jameel Muzaffar, Anne Schilder and James O’Hara

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
In a follow-up to the interview with Anne Schilder back in 2016*, Jameel Muzaffar speaks to Anne and to James O’Hara about the current research landscape in ENT in the UK. *Banerjee A. In conversation with Professor Anne Schilder. ENT...

Big data and the future of cochlear implant aftercare

2 July 2025 | | ENTA - Auditory Implants
With a million people using cochlear implants worldwide, the time is right for us to harness this vast data for patient benefit. Every day, cochlear implant (CI) processors quietly collect data: how long they’re worn, how often users switch programs...

Update on CEORL-HNS 2024

28 March 2024
As I write this update, there are less than four months to go to the 7th Congress of European ORL Head and Neck Surgery in Dublin and the excitement is building.

BSO Annual Meeting & Juniors Day

14 March 2024 -15 March 2024 | ENTA - ENT, Otology
Irene Benaran (left), ENT CDF and Noah Evans Harding (right), ENT ST4, University Hospital Monklands, Lanarkshire, UK. The theme of this year's British Society of Otology (BSO) annual meeting was ‘The Past, Present and Future of Otology’. To introduce aspiring...

Developing an Innovation for ENT – from Idea to Market: how ‘e-i’ did it

1 March 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Background endoscope-i (e-i) Ltd was incorporated into Companies House on December 3rd, 2012 following eight months of developing our first project, a simple iPhone adapter for endoscopes. Of the three founding shareholders, two are ENT surgeons and one a lecturer...

Head and neck cancer and PET-CT

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is an imaging technique in which abnormalities of tissue metabolism are precisely superimposed onto the anatomy. It relies on the premise that malignant cells are more metabolically active compared with non-malignant cells. On this basis,...

Nuclear heads – and necks

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck
Imaging of the extra-cranial head and neck is challenging due to the anatomic complexity of the region. CT, MRI and ultrasonography (US) are amongst the most frequently utilised radiological modalities in head and neck imaging but do not always provide...

Genetic discovery using animal models: presbyacusis

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Otology
By their very nature, late-onset hereditary disorders offer a large window of opportunity for therapeutic intervention. However, before we can begin to think about strategies we need knowledge of the genetics and pathology underlying the condition. In this article we...

TORS for patients with sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Transoral robotic surgery is now a well-accepted technique in malignant tumours of the tongue base. Here the team from St Mary’s and the Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital in London describe its use in carefully selected patients with...

The changing spectrum of cancer of the oropharynx: dilemmas and future directions

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Head & Neck
The association of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer has identified a ‘new disease’, with its unique biologic behaviour, and challenges for clinicians in selecting therapeutic combinations offering maximum efficacy and minimum morbidity or long-term sequela currently under study in clinical trials....