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Preoperative imaging for thyroid cancer according to 2015 ATA guidelines

1 September 2016 |
The 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer suggest that thyroid sonography with survey of the cervical lymph nodes should be performed in all patients with known or suspected thyroid...

Anterior skull-base surgery: current opinion

1 January 2015 | | Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery
This review examines the changes in the field of anterior skull-base surgery and the rapid advancement that has taken place in the last 10–15 years. Tumours of the anterior skull base that were once considered inoperable are now routinely resected...
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Ramifications of the pandemic on acute paediatric mastoiditis: a national UK audit

2 September 2022 | | COVID-19, Neurotology, Otology | COVID, acute mastoiditis, antibiotic, paediatric, surgery
Acute mastoiditis is a common presentation in the paediatric population across ENT services worldwide. An initial expectation of a rise in the numbers of acute mastoiditis associated with the initial findings of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus presence in middle ear in...

Surgical outcomes of myringoplasty using platelet-rich plasma

9 September 2020 | | Audiology - Adult, Otology, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery | Closure surgery, Myringoplasty, Platelet-rich plasma, Tympanic membrane perforation, Tympanoplasty
Tympanic membrane (TM) perforations can affect people’s quality of life due to recurrent infections. Management is often by surgical repair. In this study, the authors investigated the outcomes of a minimally invasive approach of patch myringoplasty using an atelocollagen sponge...

Minimise waiting times with Peptest!

3 July 2023 | Research & Development
In laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), refluxed stomach contents travel up the oesophagus and reach the larynx, causing chronic extra-gastrointestinal symptoms such as a persistent cough, hoarseness or difficulty swallowing, meaning it is often attributed to ENT problems.

A triple threat: showcasing Peptest at three ENT conferences

4 October 2023 | Research & Development, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
BIOHIT HealthCare is thrilled to be attending three prestigious otorhinolaryngology conferences over the next few weeks.

Endoscopic middle ear surgery for cholesteatoma treatment

1 May 2016 | | ENT, Otology
A critical question when any new technique is proposed is ‘does it work?’ In this article Daniele Marchioni and Davide Soloperto discuss the success rates of endoscopic ear surgery for cholesteatoma. Introduction Surgical management of cholesteatoma is still a controversial...
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Assessing post-extubation dysphagia on the intensive care unit

1 November 2019 | | Speech and Language Therapy | ICU-ASD, ICU-AW, Neuromuscular, Non-instrumental, Sepsis, Swallowing disorder
The incidence of post-extubation dysphagia (PED) is reported to be about 12% in the general ICU population and around 18% in patients admitted to ICU as emergencies. PED was found to be an independent predictor of 28-day and 90-day mortality....

ENT bodies stand up for Ukraine

7 March 2022
Leading ENT and audiology organisations have made a stand against Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Neurological idiopathic disease: a shared journey for NASA and medicine

4 November 2021 | | Audiology - Adult, Vestibular Disorders
Whilst Southampton can’t really be described as an extreme environment, experiments carried out in the city have certainly been taken out of this world. Robert Marchbanks discusses one of the associations between Southampton, The International Space Station and tympanic membrane...

From the editor SepOct 2021

3 September 2021 |
As the pandemic evolves, the world seems to be divided into those countries that are fortunate enough to have good vaccine coverage and, hence, are able to open up their societies; and those who do not have an adequate vaccine roll-out and are having to live with significant restrictions or high levels of prevalent disease.

The integration of targeted therapy and surgery in advanced thyroid cancer clinical trials

3 November 2022 | | ENT, Head and Neck
One of the headline speakers, Mark Zafereo, will be talking at IFOS about thyroid cancer. We hear from his team about some of the areas they will be discussing. Locally advanced thyroid cancer generally refers to patients who have significant...