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Speech predictors after glossectomy

2 March 2022 | | Head and Neck | classification, glossectomy, head and neck cancer, mouth neoplasms, speech intelligibility
This is a cross-sectional study from India where 69 patients were assessed for speech intelligibility and phonetics using an assessment tool in the local language. Volume defects were classified into thirds and the location of this defect noted. Not unsurprisingly,...

Oral Cancer: Symptoms, Management and Risk Factors

1 September 2014 | | Head and Neck
This publication is edited by internationally renowned Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sheng-Po Hao, in the School of Medicine, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan. He has organised contributors from many countries, many of whom also work in Taiwan, where...

Microtia and Atresia – Combined Approach by Plastic and Otologic Surgery

1 September 2014 | | Otology
In this textbook Kaga and Asato, both leading experts in otology and plastic surgery respectively, present over 10 years of their experience in joint reconstructive surgery for microtia and auricular atresia, combining autologous auricular reconstruction with external auricular canaloplasty and...

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

1 November 2015 |
This is a very nicely written overview of this difficult condition by two expert rhinologists with a tertiary practice. The genetic basis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, natural history and available management options are all discussed. Clearly there is a large spectrum of...

Sulcus vocalis in patients attending voice clinics: A retrospective study

1 May 2015 |
Sulcus vocalis was first described by Giacomini. This includes a variety of anatomic indentations of the vocal fold, ranging from shallow longitudinal furrows to deep vocal cord pits. This retrospective study was conducted at King Saud University between 2006 and...

A higher aspiration for fine needles

1 March 2015 | | ENT | Indeterminate biopsy, Molecular testing, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid nodule
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has aided in the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules for decades. Now a rapid evolution is hoped to benefit an increasing cohort of patients with small nodules and non-diagnostic investigations. This review discusses the...
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Surviving oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma – does subsite matter?

7 January 2020 | | HPV, database, oropharynx, prognosis, tonsil
Human papilloma virus (HPV) status is a known prognostic factor in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). The eighth edition of American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) has modified the TNM staging to reflect this. However, subsite as an independent prognostic factor...

eNOS and OME

1 July 2017 | | Otitis media, Polymorphism of the eNOS, Otitis, serous, Turkey
The pathophysiology of otitis media with effusion (OME) is multifaceted. The authors tackled the nitrous oxide (NO) and platelet activating factor (PAF) pathways and the genetic polymorphism of endothelial nitrous oxide synthetase (eNOS). DNA analysis by PCR and restriction fragment...

NASBS (North American Skull Base Society) 29th Annual Meeting

15 February 2019 -17 February 2019
Report By: Gauri Mankekar, OLOL Hearing and Balance Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA The 29th Annual North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) Meeting was organised by President James Evans with co-chairs, Amir Dehdashti and Adam Zanation. Delegates consisted of neurosurgeons,...

Plasticity with cochlear implants: individual factors in the outcomes

1 May 2017 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants, Otology
Andrej Kral gives us an overview of neuronal plasticity in congenital hearing loss, and discusses why it is core to our clinical interventions in hearing loss and rehabilitation. The brain is born immature and undergoes extensive shaping during early development....

In conversation with Professor Gao Zhiqiang

1 March 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Prof Zhiqiang, President of the Chinese Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery takes us on a journey spanning over a hundred years of ENT in China: A story of an amazing achievement in a country with a population over...

Laryngology: past, present and future

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Two laryngological authorities trace the history of laryngology, from ancient Rome to the modern day. The structure of the vocal folds was a matter of conjecture until the renaissance when anatomists such as Andreas Vesalius and Julius Casserius demonstrated the...