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The making of a paediatric airway surgeon: In conversation with David Albert

Michael Kuo interviews David Albert to find out what drew him to paediatric airway surgery, the mentors who shaped his surgical approach, and to ask his advice for budding young paediatric airway surgeons. David Albert. When did you first get...

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.

BRS Juniors Day 2025

OCH AYE, THE BRS JUNIORS! A special update from the BRS Juniors Committee Joshua Michaels, ENT ST6, BRS Juniors Committee Member 2024/25 With a successful year of research, development and education delivered by the BRS Juniors' Committee, we had the...

BRS 2026 Fellowship Grants and Video Prizes

The British Rhinological Society (BRS) have announced their 2026 Fellowship Grants and Video Prizes. These awards are in collaboration with ENT UK and support trainees and SAS doctors at every career stage, encourage innovation in education, and reflect the BRS commitment to investing in and shaping the future of rhinology.

Who finds it hard to swallow?

Early identification of dysphagia in inpatients on acute stroke wards has been recommended as best practice guidelines in many countries. However, several institutions fail to use formal dysphagia screening protocols and rely on informal detection by nurses and doctors. This...

Vestibular Testing Interpretation: Drill and Practice

My overall impression of this book is that I liked it. While it reports to be designed for a trainee or junior practitioner, it may be useful for clinicians for whom vestibular conditions and testing is an area of heart-sink...

Clinical Esophagology and Transnasal Esophagoscopy

This textbook starts by giving a background to esophageal anatomy, physiology and non-invasive tests, an area that is often overlooked and not considered in detail in other texts read by ENT surgeons. Transnasal esophagoscopy is a comparatively new domain for...

Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices - Second Edition

This is a detailed resource for hearing-related healthcare professionals. It comprehensively addresses various aspects of cochlear implant care across 22 very readable chapters. Three of these chapters are new in this second edition; including single-sided deafness, auditory neuropathy, and the...

Neuroimaging of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems: A Clinician’s Guide

Neuroimaging of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems offers a comprehensive exploration of neuroimaging techniques as they pertain to the auditory and vestibular systems. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians, researchers and post-graduate students interested in the up-to-date diagnostic...

FESS for recurrent acute rhinosinusitis: at last, some data

As noted in both the EPOS 2012 and in the (more recent) ICARS 2016, there is a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of surgery for recurrent acute rhinosinusitis (RARS). The authors used a control group of patients with CRSsNP,...

Playing hide and seek with parathyroid glands

This article focuses on revision surgery with respect to parathyroid glands. Clearly the stakes are higher with respect to the patients’ risks, but also with respect to the revision surgeon in finding the offending gland in scar tissue, where someone...

Obstructive sleep apnoea: Does maxillomandibular advancement work?

This is a paper from the Netherlands reviewing 62 patients who underwent maxillomandibular advancement for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea. The authors observed a 71% success rate with mean apnoea hypopnea index (AHI) reduction of 69%. There was no...