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The inaugural UK Remote Access Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery Meeting
Harrypal Panesar, ST3 Otolaryngology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK An impressive faculty of leading thyroid and parathyroid surgeons from countries across the world was in attendance along with 45 delegates seated in a sold-out lecture theatre. The morning started with...Rotational chair testing: “To rotate, or not to rotate, that is the real question”
Passive whole body rotation tests are widely considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for the identification of bilateral peripheral vestibular disorders (bPVD), but also have a part to play in identifying unilateral disorders (uPVD). In this article Paul Radomskij discusses...
PuroPro headphones review
The PuroPro is the latest product from Puro Sound Labs, a family-run business focusing on high quality, sound limiting headphones. For this family business, it’s personal. The company founder’s son has a noise-induced hearing loss attributed to headphone use. With...Empowering hearing rehabilitation professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
The Hearing Healthcare Alliance empowers professionals across Africa and Asia through comprehensive training programmes, improving local hearing rehabilitation services. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 430 million people worldwide require rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss [1]. This number...In conversation with Shusheng Gong and Shahed Quraishi on ENT Masterclass<sup>®</sup> China
ENT Masterclass® China was a landmark event that brought an international training resource to Beijing. Profs Shusheng Gong and Shahed Quraishi discuss the organisation of this event, the training pathway in China, and the setup of a typical ENT academic...
Surgery of vestibular schwannomas with peritumoral oedema
This is an interesting retrospective study evaluating peritumoral oedema on magnetic resonance images and correlating it with the intra-operative tumour characteristics and outcome. The study results found that vestibular schwannomas with peritumoral oedema were associated with greater incidence of hypervascularity...
Concussion and isolated mandible fractures – are we asking the right questions?
Concussion and isolated mandible fractures – are we asking the right questions? The mandible is one of the most commonly fractured craniofacial bones. A significant force is required to bring this about. Hence the authors hypothesised that concussion after a...
T1 lip cancer and cervical lymph node metastases
The management of large lip squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (T2, T3, T4 tumours) or those with nodal disease is well established. However the management of T1N0 tumours is controversial due to the assumed low risk of occult lymph node metastases....
The incidence of coagulopathies in children presenting with post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage
Tonsillectomy is often the first haemostatic challenge for a child. Postoperative haemorrhage may therefore represent the first presentation of a child’s underlying bleeding disorder. This study aimed to quantify the rate of occult coagulopathy in patients who had experienced a...
