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Practising surgery in a war zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

8 December 2022 |
It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a “special military operation” to “denazify and demilitarise” Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it...

Rebuilding faces and restoring dignity for Ukraine’s wounded defenders

4 November 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Four years of war have transformed nasal reconstruction in Kyiv, where surgeons are treating complex combat injuries with the paramedian forehead flap. I am a first-year resident in otorhinolaryngology, sharing how, over four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,...

Between sirens and silence: the burden on otorhinolaryngologists in wartime Ukraine

3 July 2026 | | ENTA - Genetics, ENTA - Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, ENTA - Otology, ENTA - Rhinology / Sinus
Ukrainian ENT teams continue life-saving and routine care under air raid alerts, with staff shortages, strained resources and the long psychological toll of war. War reshapes medicine long before it destroys hospitals. It alters the rhythm of clinical work, the...

Hearing ‘aid’ for Ukraine

4 March 2025 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric
Hearing Aid Recycling (HAR) has partnered with Ukraine’s Vidchui organisation to deliver 1000 hearing aids to those affected by war. This collaboration provides essential support for military personnel and civilians suffering from hearing loss, highlighting the power of global solidarity...

From the editor MayJun 2022

3 May 2022 |
Declan Costello, MA, MBBS, FRCS(ORL-HNS), Editor, ENT & Audiology News; Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, Berkshire, UK. E: d.costello@nhs.net The horrifying situation in Ukraine has drawn international condemnation of the Russian government; as a consequence,...