You searched for "thyroplasty"
Preservation rhinoplasty
Hump reduction and osteotomies to close the open roof, or lowering the whole nasal dorsum? Charles East explains how preservation techniques can improve outcomes by maintaining the integral structures of the nose. What is preservation rhinoplasty? The origins of reduction...
Complications in Facial Plastic Surgery
Facial plastic surgery is an increasingly expanding sub-specialty of ENT and it is always welcome news to hear of books related to this sub-specialty, particularly good books, and this book certainly fits into that category. This multi author book is...In conversation with Cameron McIntosh
Following the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympic games in August, we were delighted to catch up with Cameron McIntosh, ENT and Facial Plastic Surgeon, Founding President of the Society of Rhinoplasty Surgeons of South Africa (SORSSA), and former Olympian! Can...ERS 2025
Get ready to be part of the global rhinology community at the ERS 2025 Congress, taking place from 22–25 June 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. This premier event is set to welcome over 1700 participants from across the world, including rhinologists,...Rhino Refresher – a virtual course
Overall, I thought it was a great initiative, well-organised and I hope that we will copy the idea to other subspecialties. Such revision days are an excellent opportunity to refresh our pre-existing knowledge and to point out areas for further reading.
Does turbinoplasty outcome vary in the presence of allergic disease?
This well organised study from Australia looks at inferior turbinoplasty outcomes in patients with allergy and non-allergic rhinitis who have become refractory to medical treatment. There were 190 patients undergoing turbinoplasty with or without septoplasty assessed in this case-control study...
Valsalva manoeuvre treatment of otitis media with effusion in adults
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is common in children but has a low prevalence in adults. There is some evidence to advocate middle ear inflation as a successful treatment for children with OME. This form of treatment is also recommended...
Does balloon tuboplasty work in the long term, and how can we measure outcomes?
There is much interest and debate at ENT conferences and within current literature about the role of balloon dilatation techniques for Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), a condition which we still only have limited understanding of, and which can be challenging...
Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty – is it time to start doing it in children?
Given the potential applications for balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) in children, its uptake in most centres has been slow. The reasons for this are multifactorial. There are technical issues – the feasibility of obtaining the correct size balloon and manoeuvring...
Antibiotics in orthognathic surgery
This paper from the Netherlands looked at 137 patients over a one-year period, 18 of whom had Le Fort I procedures, 68 bilateral sagittal split surgery, and 51 bi-maxillary surgery. A further 54 surgical procedures were undertaken, including 15 having...The tip in rhinoplasty
Getting the tip right (both its position and its shape) is vital in rhinoplasty. George Marcells eloquently gives us his perspective on how to get it right. “Many surgeons overly concentrate on the profile at the expense of the frontal...
