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Patient initiated follow-up in head and neck cancer

3 May 2024 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
Is it time for a change in the way we follow up head and neck cancer patients after treatment? Paul Nankivell and Hisham Mehanna explain the rationale for the PETNECK2 trial. After completion of curative intent treatment, clinical follow-up currently...

COVID-19 and ENT training: experiences from around the world

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
Here, ENT trainees share their experiences of adaptations to both clinical practice and training during the COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome other colleagues from around the world to share their experiences with us via social media or the website. Australia Olivia...

COVID-19: UCT-Africa Virtual ENT transcends academic silos

9 September 2020 | | ENTA - ENT
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global catastrophe with far-reaching consequences felt across many fronts around the world. One such aspect is the training of the future generation of ENT surgeons. With routine elective activity curtailed, academic conferences cancelled, and...

Mapping the financial and disease burden of hearing loss and associated interventions

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
The prevalence and burden of ear and hearing disorders is huge and, historically, has been underappreciated. Globally, unaddressed hearing loss poses a growing public health challenge, requiring urgent attention from policymakers, health professionals and civil society. The recently published World...

Access to and uptake of cochlear implants in the UK

1 June 2017 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Auditory Implants, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
Assessing demands on cochlear implant (CI) services is very important for both commissioners and clinicians in anticipating clinical need and funding requirements. Commercial CI’s were introduced in the late 1980s. Initial funding was from charitable sources. The first major advance...

Mapping the financial and disease burden of hearing loss and associated interventions

4 May 2021 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Otology
The prevalence and burden of ear and hearing disorders is huge and, historically, has been underappreciated. Globally, unaddressed hearing loss poses a growing public health challenge, requiring urgent attention from policymakers, health professionals and civil society. The recently published World...

MedShr for ENT and audiology: clinical case discussion on the go

7 July 2020 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives – not least medical education. With isolation being the buzzword at the moment, the internet and social media are popular sources for official and crowd-sourced content. In this article, Samantha...

A funny thing happened on the way to a conference – and other stories

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - General
This series of stories is dedicated to those of you with whom some of these moments were shared (or endured) and, above all, to my amazing and long-suffering husband, David Howard. Most of you know him as an exceptional head...

The EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR)

4 December 2019
Back in May 2017, the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745) entered into force, replacing existing directives: Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMD) In-vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDD) Medical Device Directive (MDD) By 26 May 2020, the new regulation will have completed...

In conversation with Peter Prinsley: Norwich ENT surgeon elected as the Labour MP

3 September 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
A new Labour Government won a landslide election victory on 4 July this year. Much to his surprise, Norwich ENT surgeon Peter Prinsley was elected as the Labour MP (Member of Parliament) for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk....

A soprano’s demise: a cautionary tale for the thyroid surgeon

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - ENT
Prior to the mid-19th century, thyroid surgery was considered excessively dangerous. The emergence of anaesthetic, antisepsis and improved instrumentation, however, increased its feasibility and frequency in Europe. The unhurried, judiciously antiseptic and haemostatic approach, advocated by Kocher, was popularised and...

Targeting the microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis

4 July 2024 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Researchers at St Paul’s Sinus Centre and UBC in Vancouver are testing a novel treatment for CRS: transferring mucus from a healthy donor into a patient’s sinuses. Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common diseases managed by otolaryngologists...