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Have we reached our limits in endoscopic skull base surgery?

1 November 2017 | | ENTA - Skull Base Surgery
As being an anterior skull base surgeon becomes the aspiration of many ENT trainees, Professor Nicolai gives his personal insights into the future for this exciting subspeciality. Having been directly involved in the evolution of transnasal endscopic surgery (TES) since...

Mentally and physically safe workplaces: the challenge of doctors’ well-being

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - General
Our ENT consultant colleague Eric Levi bravely tackles the very real elephant in the room of that stigma which is not really discussed until it is often too late. It takes courage to tackle a difficult topic like doctors’ mental...

Pre-hospital care

1 July 2014 | | ENTA - General
For those of us that work within the acute hospital system, the sound of the trauma pager going off warning of an incoming casualty with as yet unknown injuries is often the sound of uncertainty and anxiety. When it becomes...

Industry interaction with the ENT speciality

1 March 2015 | | ENTA - General
I was enormously grateful for the chance to articulate my personal thoughts on ‘the industry interaction with the ENT clinical community’. To set a context, the term ‘industry’ refers to medical technology manufacturers and suppliers, in addition to pharmaceutical companies....

Detecting postoperative cholesteatoma with diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging

1 May 2014 | | ENTA - Otology
Middle ear cleft cholesteatoma is an inflammatory disease that erodes local bony structures and can cause otorrhea, hearing loss, vertigo and intracranial complications. It is usually treated with surgery, typically canal wall up (CWU) or canal wall down (CWD) surgery....

Establishing a hearing service and ear hospital in Nepal: the Ear Aid Nepal experience

1 March 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult
Following the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, the year ended on a positive note with the opening of an ENT hospital in Pokhara. Mike Smith, a UK-born ENT surgeon has been the driving force behind the conception and...

Building low-cost high-fidelity simulation for ENT

3 November 2023 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology
In this article, the authors describe their ingenious technique to produce affordable yet realistic simulation models for some common ENT procedures. The use of surgical simulation in otolaryngology training has significantly increased in recent years. This is most likely due...

Random-pattern skin flaps: part 2 - rhomboid and bilobed flaps

5 January 2022 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
In the second of our series on local skin flaps (see Part 1 here, Part 3 here and Part 4 here), the authors describe more techniques and examples of various skin flaps that trainees should find very interesting. Rhomboid flap...

In conversation with Prof Metin Önerci

30 April 2020 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Prof Valerie Lund caught up with friend and colleague, Prof Dr Metin Önerci, to discuss his various positions in rhinology, the FOAM programme with which he is involved, and rhinology in Turkey and the Balkan and the Central Asian region....

In conversation with Professor Kelvin Kong

10 August 2021 | | ENTA - Otology
Professor Kelvin Kong is a proud Worimi man, the first Aboriginal surgeon in Australia, an otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon, and an amazing advocate for equality in health delivery in Australia. He holds professorial positions at Macquarie University, the University...

A global online fellowship in head and neck surgery and oncology

1 July 2017 | | ENTA - Head & Neck
The International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) offers an online fellowship training programme for advanced trainees wishing to subspecialise in head and neck surgery and oncology. Emma Stapleton speaks with the Chairman of the Board of Directors...

A shifting landscape of otitis media

7 January 2026 | | ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Paediatrics
In light of pneumococcal vaccination programmes, is otitis media evolving to have a different natural history? Acute otitis media (AOM) is a major public health problem in children worldwide, as it is the leading bacterial infection and first cause of...