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Barotrauma

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Vestibular Disorders
Barotrauma is an injury which is due to the effects of pressure upon an air-containing space. Healthy middle ear cavities and paranasal sinuses are normally in equilibrium with the atmospheric pressure, but if an individual moves away from the surface,...
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Is a hemithyroidectomy as effective as a total thyroidectomy for compressive symptoms?

10 March 2023 | ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery | Dysphagia, Dyspnea, Goiter, Hemithyroidectomy, Thyroidectomy
The claim made in the title of this paper, that hemithyroidectomy is equally as successful as total thyroidectomy in alleviating compressive symptoms from goitres, is certainly intriguing. And with the inclusion of 45,539 subjects, it would at first glance seem...
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and flap reconstruction: does it help?

1 May 2015 | | free flap reconstruction, hyperbaric oxygen, osteoradionecrosis, radiation complications, surgical complications
This is a multicentresite retrospective review from four clinics in the USA on patients who received radical debridement and free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis (ORN) between 1 Jan 1995 and 30 June 2011. Patients were stratified divided based on having...
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Adult Audiology Casebook (2021)

3 September 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Diagnostic audiology is one of my passions so, naturally, the title of this book was an attractive proposition for the clinician in me – and I wasn’t disappointed! It is seldom that you will learn so much in both the...
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Poking the bear: learning to drain quinsy on a mannequin head

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Simulation in medicine has gained significant traction in both undergraduate and postgraduate training over the last couple of decades or so – the benefits to all involved are clear. The airline industry models for human factors and crew resource management...

Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy (THIEME Atlas of Anatomy)

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Neurotology
This is the second edition of Thieme’s popular head, neck and neuroanatomy atlas. There are 22 chapters on 530+ pages, with over 1300 full colour illustrations covering the full breadth of head, neck and neuroanatomy. It retails at £62.50 for...
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Hearing Loss – Fifth Edition

2 May 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The updated fifth edition of Hearing Loss extensively covers the anatomy, physiology, diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, providing clinicians with valuable insights based on the latest evidence and literature. The book notably includes expanded chapters on tinnitus, dizziness and...

Planning for the long term when working with young people with TBI

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - Speech and Language Therapy
Traumatic brain injuries are most common amongst young people and can have long term consequences. The authors of this article provide an approach to management of cognitive and communication difficulties which starts with a detailed assessment using the model of...

Non-surgical rhinoplasty

1 July 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus, ENTA - Rhinoplasty
Some patients would like to alter the appearance of their nose without surgery or make further subtle changes after a rhinoplasty. Lydia Badia explains how this can be done, thanks to the advent of injectable fillers. This medical procedure in...

Cambodian otology service – a fellowship with a difference

1 November 2014 | | ENTA - Otology
Cambodia is a country of 15 million people, still recovering from a chequered past. In the 1970s, under the Khmer Rouge, most of the medical profession, together with the rest of the educated population, was executed – the fortunate few...

From Hippocrates to COVID-19: sniffing out the disease

1 July 2021 | | ENTA - ENT
The ancient Greek physician, Hippocrates, used the ‘art of smell’ to diagnose diseases around 400BC. He also formulated miasmatic theory, which posited that disease is caused by bad smells. Bad air was strongly believed by many physicians to be the...

Kallmann’s Syndrome

4 September 2025 | | ENTA - Genetics
‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ (Shakespeare) Kallmann’s Syndrome (KS), or hereditary hypogonadal anosmia, is a rare genetic disorder characterised by delayed or absent puberty and anosmia. It is named after Franz Kallmann, but he was...