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Lingual tonsils and obstrucive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)

1 September 2019 | | Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Lingual tonsils, Retrolingual space, Sleep apnea, Surgery
Obstructive sleep apnoea can be due to narrowing of the retrolingual space by hypertrophic lingual tonsils. The authors studied 11 patients (five males and six females with a mean age of 44.3 years and a mean BMI of 28.6). All...

Surgical and non-interventional management of laryngomalacia

1 July 2018 | | Diagnosis, Laryngomalacia, Review, Surgery, Systematic
In this elaborate review article, the authors have described various aspects of laryngomalacia and its surgical management with supraglottoplasty or otherwise, gleaned from an extensive review of the literature which provided evidence or the lack of it in relation to...

We should all use ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy when investigating salivary gland lesions

1 July 2018 | | Core needle biopsy, fine needle, minor salivary glands, salivary gland, parotid glands, salivary glands, submandibular glands
Ultrasound core needle biopsy of salivary glands is an excellent diagnostic tool in terms of accuracy (both sensitivity and specificity), technical performance, and safety profile. This paper provided an update of the previous meta-analysis of the same question, which found...

What is balloon eustachian tuboplasty (BET)?

1 May 2018 | | Eustachian tube dysfunction, adults, balloon dilation of the tuba auditiva, systematic review
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is the result of a combination of factors that interfere with the mucosal functional or cartilaginous structures. Failure to open the eustachian tubes can cause aural pain, pressure in the ears, muffled hearing, crackling/popping sounds in...
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Occurrence of cancer in asymmetrical tonsillar enlargement in adults

8 January 2024 | | Head and Neck | Head And Neck Neoplasms, Tonsillar Neoplasms
With significant increase in head and neck cancer in the last decade, attributed to HPV, fast-track referrals from primary care have markedly increased, adding further to the burden on the NHS. Whether or not unilateral tonsillar enlargement alone, without red...

A comparison of same day with staged bilateral cartilage graft tympanoplasty for tubotympanic CSOM

1 July 2017 | | Cartilage, Costs and Cost Analysis, Otitis Media, Tympanoplasty
This randomised, controlled study compares the tympanoplasty outcomes in two groups of patients: one undergoing bilateral tympanoplasty on the same day (18 patients, 36 ears) and the other having the same procedure done on different days, with a gap of...

Lateral wall augmentation for patulous eustachian tube

1 January 2017 | | Augmentation, Dysfunction, Eustachian Tube, Injection
The problem more commonly attributed to the eustachian tube is lack of its patency rather than it being unduly patulous. This lesser recognised condition is due to loss of peritubal fat volume resulting in concavity of the lateral wall and...

Medway Medical Fayres

4 December 2023
For the last five years, Professor Rahul Kanegaonkar has been running Medway Medical Fayres for children in Kent, UK. Free to attend, the fayres take place at Medway Campus of Canterbury Christ Church University and allow 12–13-year-olds from less affluent backgrounds to experience a breadth of medical specialties.

Pinnaplasty for prominent ears

9 September 2020 | | ENT, Paediatric ENT
Pinnaplasty is a challenging yet rewarding procedure for which many different techniques have been described. In this article the authors describe their favoured technique, including the important postoperative care. Prominent ears can be a source of significant psychological distress in...

A soprano’s demise: a cautionary tale for the thyroid surgeon

4 March 2024 | | ENT
Prior to the mid-19th century, thyroid surgery was considered excessively dangerous. The emergence of anaesthetic, antisepsis and improved instrumentation, however, increased its feasibility and frequency in Europe. The unhurried, judiciously antiseptic and haemostatic approach, advocated by Kocher, was popularised and...

Detecting cancer margins during robotic head and neck cancer surgery using ambient mass spectrometry

4 November 2021 | | ENT, Head and Neck
We have known about altered metabolism in cancer cells since Otto Warburg described it 97 years ago. But can we take advantage of this knowledge in curing cancer? Jim Higginson explains the value of smoke generated during cancer surgery. The...

Rhinoplasty: state-of-the-art

1 May 2017 | | ENT, Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty surgery has evolved over the years, and Pietro Palma introduces a further new concept. When flicking through the topics of major rhinoplasty meetings, the astute observer will realise that, at present, there are two mainstream schools of rhinoplasty, which...