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Prevention is Better than Cure: Learning from Adverse Events in Healthcare book cover

Prevention is Better than Cure: Learning from Adverse Events in Healthcare

1 September 2019 | | ENTA - ENT
Ian Leistikow has an impressive CV; as Senior Inspector at the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, it is clear he is passionate about advancing...
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RCT: tongue retaining devices vs CPAP for OSA

7 January 2021 | | ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Continuous positive airway pressure, Obstructive sleep apnea, TRD, Thai, Tongue-retaining device
This study compared the effect of a tongue retaining device versus the use of CPAP in 27 patients within a crossover RCT design. Tongue retaining devices (also known as tongue stabilising devices), are similar in appearance to a plastic tongue-sized...
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The association between pregnancy and otosclerosis could be due to psychosocial factors around parenthood rather than biological factors

7 July 2020 | | Otology | otosclerosis, pregnancy, stapedectomy, claims data
The association between pregnancy and otosclerosis is controversial. If pregnancy physiologically increases the likelihood of otosclerosis progression, then one would expect that there would be a difference between male and female patients with regards to whether having children affects how...

Diagnostic criteria for haemodynamic orthostatic dizziness

1 November 2019 | | ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus | Bárány Society, Orthostatic vertigo, autonomic dysfunction, classification, hemodynamic, orthostatic dizziness, orthostatic hypotension, postural tachycardia syndrome
Over the past several years, the Bárány Society has been developing an International Classification of Vestibular Disorders (ICVD) in order to standardise diagnosis and nomenclature for both clinical and research purposes. Many in vestibular practice would be familiar with the...

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...

Outpatient closure of CSF leaks: a good idea or a step too far?

1 January 2017 | | ambulatory surgery, anterior skull base, cerebrospinal fluid leak, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, endoscopic, outpatient, skull-base defect, spontaneous CSF leak
After day-case septoplasty, day case thyroidectomy, now day case CSF leak repair – has the pendulum moved too far? The authors put forward a convincing case for what, only 10 years ago, would have sounded like a provocation. They quote...

Image-Guided Surgery: Fundamentals and Clinical Applications in Otolaryngology

1 January 2018 | | ENTA - ENT, ENTA - Imaging
Although not inspired particularly by the concept of the book, I was reassured by the introduction that the theory behind image guided surgery (IGS) would be presented in a way that was accessible, with “all technical descriptions trimmed to the...

A new hearing health scheme for musicians

1 September 2016 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Joe Hastings, Health & Welfare Manager for Help Musicians UK, discusses the results of the charity’s 2015 survey of musicians’ hearing and plans for a new scheme which will give all professional musicians in the UK affordable access to specialist...

‘Want an upgrade?’ Moral distress in audiology

1 September 2018 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Ethical practice in audiology has become a hot topic in recent years, particularly in the independent sector where sales can be linked to commissions. Andrea Simpson has explored this issue in her research and shares her insight into the drivers...

Churchill, Stephen Poliakoff’s dad and a KGB-bugged hearing aid

9 March 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic
Winston Churchill was prime minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions: firstly from 1940 to 1945 and then from 1951 to 1955. He was famed for his acute wit, insight and leadership qualities that helped him navigate the British...

Pursuing part-time postgraduate qualifications

6 January 2023 | | ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Thinking of going back to university to do further study? We hear from one audiologist who identified an area of further study and specialisation and took the leap. My career in audiology began in 2003 through a traditional route in...

Surgical technology and operating room safety failures: lessons from vascular and general surgery

1 January 2014 | | ENTA - ENT
Background – surgical technology and otolaryngology An estimated 234 million major surgical procedures are performed annually worldwide. This requires the interaction of multidisciplinary teams with varying contributions of surgical technology and therefore makes surgical procedures prone to multiple sources of...