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29th National Conference of the Pakistan Society of Otorhinolaryngology

Report: Dr Imtiaz Ather Siddiqui Chiniot General Hospital Korangi Karachi Pakistan. Quetta, the capital of largest province of Pakistan was the location of the 29th National Conference of the Pakistan Society of Otorhinolaryngology (PSORL). Professor Zainullah Kakar and Dr Sher...

19th TSESI Hands-On Cadaver Dissection Course

The Tarabichi Stammberger Ear & Sinus Institute (TSESI), a joint dream venture of Dr Muaaz Tarabichi and the late Professor Heinz Stammberger, conducted the 19th TSESI Hands-On Cadaver Dissection Course after a long wait of over 18 months. The course is offered for continuing medical education of residents, fellows, and practicing physicians through didactic lectures and hands-on fresh frozen cadaver dissections.

The ear, nose and throat anaesthesia practice of Dr John Snow (1813-58)

News of the first successful public demonstration of general anaesthesia in Boston, Massachusetts in October 1846 reached Britain in mid-December of that year. James Robinson, a London dentist, gave the first anaesthetic in the United Kingdom when, on 19 December,...

6th Rhinocon 2023

Dr Sarfraz Latif presenting 'Nonsurgical concerns improving FESS results.' Syed Ahmed Shahzaeem Hussain, Third Year Postgraduate Trainee, ENT Department, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan and Syeda Anum Fatima Naqvi, Medical Student, Nishtar Medical University, Multan. The enchanting city streets of...

Anglo-French ENT Society

John Riddington Young, TD and bar, MPhil, FRCS, DLO, North Devon DGH. Barnstaple, UK. After an enforced recess of four years due to the pandemic, the Anglo-French ENT Society re-convened in the delightful seaside resort of Pornichet in Brittany. The...

Academic BACO 2015

Putting together the academic programme for BACO is a monumental task. Academic Chairman Shakeel Saeed and Peter Andrews, the Academic Secretary of the conference, tell us how to make it a success. Conference season is nearly upon us, and Liverpool...

BACO 2015 – Liverpool

Team BACO 2015: Academic Secretary, Peter Andrews; Treasurer, Chris Potter; Master, Ian Mackay and Local Host and Programme Director, Andrew Swift. (Photo taken by Academic Chairman, Shakeel Saeed.) In the height of a glorious English summer, over 1200 of the...

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise

Our irrepressible Features Editor, Chris Potter, explores the limits of ignorance. I’m not sure about you, but I seem to exist in a sea of incompetence and ignorance, constantly surrounded by amateurish chumps and feckless underachievers. Now, a lesser man...

To monitor or not to monitor

This is a report on an e-mail based survey of 1249 otologic surgeons on their practice regarding facial nerve monitoring during ear surgery. The response rate was very low (6.6%). The majority of responders (92%) stated that they did not...

Graft material success for tympanoplasty

This retrospective Belgian study looked at the success rates of xenograft and human allograft materials as alternatives to more common autograft materials like fascia, fat or cartilage. A total of 71 consecutive patients who underwent type 1 tympanoplasty were included,...

Which is the best graft for myringoplasty?

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of retrospective studies for type 1 tympanoplasty (myringoplasty) surgery comparing temporalis fascia and cartilage autograft materials for reconstruction. Inclusion criteria was patients with more than 50% perforated tympanic membrane with intact ossicular chain....

Inpatients versus Outpatient: septoplasty cost analysis in Germany

Although the vast majority of septoplasties in the UK are performed as day surgery procedures, the authors of this article highlight the differences in healthcare in Germany. The authors calculated a yearly cost reduction of 180 million euros if the...