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Patient experience of necrotising otitis externa

2 March 2022 | | ENT, Otology
Necrotising otitis externa is increasing in incidence in the UK and becoming a rising burden to patients and health services. Despite a growing body of literature on this condition, we know very little about patient experience of necrotising otitis externa....

Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy (THIEME Atlas of Anatomy)

1 September 2018 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Neurotology
This is the second edition of Thieme’s popular head, neck and neuroanatomy atlas. There are 22 chapters on 530+ pages, with over 1300 full colour illustrations covering the full breadth of head, neck and neuroanatomy. It retails at £62.50 for...
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An alternative device for obstructive sleep apnoea

7 January 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Apnea–hypopnea index, Intermittent negative air pressure, Intraoral device, Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Oral pressure therapy, Sleep-disordered breathing
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), primarily due to the vast amount of short-term evidence in the medical literature it has accrued. The enduring obstacle to CPAP from becoming a treatment option...
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Sphenopalatine ganglion block in endoscopic sinus surgery reduces intra and post-operative morbidity

1 September 2019 | | Rhinology / Sinus | adverse effect, bleeding, endoscopic sinus surgery, meta-analysis, postoperative pain, sphenopalatine ganglion block
The authors present results of a meta-analysis to investigate the role of sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB) in reducing postoperative pain in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). An electronic database search (Pubmed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Embase, and the Cochrane Register of Controlled...

Long term morbidity of extended medial maxillectomy for inverted papilloma

1 March 2018 |
This Italian review paper looks at five-year morbidity after extended endoscopic medial maxillectomy in 59 patients in a university teaching hospital setting. All patients underwent an extended approach medial maxillectomy for inverting papilloma, this included removal of the entire medial...

Oral hygiene and its interaction with standard of education on the risk of oral cancer in women

1 July 2017 | | Oral cancer, Oral hygiene, Educational level, Females, Case-control study
Oral cancer in women has an increasing incidence in China, although the majority of Chinese women don’t smoke or drink alcohol. Poor oral hygiene has been shown in previous studies to be a risk factor in the development of oral...

British Skull Base Society Clinical Consensus Document on Management of Head and Neck Paragangliomas (HNPGLs)

7 January 2021 | | Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery | paraganglioma, radiotherapy, surgery, treatment
All forms of HNPGLs should be managed by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of core members from skull base otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, clinical genetics, oncology, endocrinology, vascular surgery, radiology and pathology. Extended members include neurosurgery, endocrine surgery, nuclear medicine,...

Starkey Hearing Technologies Helping to Shape the Ears, Eyes, and Minds of Elderly Europeans

27 November 2018 | Global Health, Research & Development
Starkey Hearing Technologies is the only American partner, and the only member of the hearing industry, to participate in an ambitious 6.5€ million European project that aims to improve the mental well-being of numerous elderly Europeans. The project, known as SENSE-Cog, is designed to...

UK hears its first Week of Sound

6 October 2023
A week of events on the themes of hearing health, the sound environment and musical expression will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 20 October 2023.

The astronomer’s nose: Tycho Brahe’s controversial prosthesis

24 July 2017 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) is a familiar and colourful figure in the history of science. The immense quantity of data he collected during his lifetime would enable the work of Johannes Kepler and has gained him admission to the astronomical pantheon....

Parathyroidectomy

1 July 2017 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery
Many ENT head and neck surgeons are now involved in thyroid surgery. This can also include the need to explore the parathyroids, either to preserve them or indeed to resect parathyroid adenomas. David Smith, a highly experienced endocrine surgeon from...

Greener pastures? Reflections from UK ENT surgeons now practising abroad

1 March 2018 | | ENT
Ever considered practising ENT abroad? Here are some experiences of previously UK-based ENT surgeons who took the plunge and are now plying their trade in distant lands. Andrew McCombe ENT ConsultantDate of migration: December 2015Place of work: Mediclinic City Hospital,...