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A novel scale for the assessment of tracheoesophageal voice quality – the SToPS

1 November 2019 | | Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | Alaryngeal voice, Laryngectomy, Perceptual voice, Surgical voice restoration, Voice assessment
There is currently no assessment tool in widespread use that permits a valid and reliable perceptual assessment of voice quality following laryngectomy. Such a scale is needed to investigate the functional outcomes of surgical voice restoration and rehabilitation regimes. Existing...

Importance of the time interval between surgery and postoperative radiation therapy in head and neck cancer

1 September 2018 |
The ideal time to start postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) in head and neck cancer patients has been an issue of debate. In the USA, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends initiating radiotherapy within six weeks from surgery. The six-week...

Epistaxis and anticoagulants

1 November 2017 | | Epistaxis, Anti coagulants, Antiplatelet agents, New oral anticoagulants, Direct oral anticoagulant
The French Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery issued some recommendations on the management of epistaxis in patients receiving anticoagulants, anti-platelet aggregants and anti-vitamin K drugs. This was a national multidisciplinary evidence-based concensus document. The group recommends review of...
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Auditory Brainstem Implants

5 July 2022 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
This is a hardcover volume printed on a high-quality paper. The book is broken into 20 short chapters over 145 pages. It is illustrated with 149 figures. Edited by Eric P Wilkinson and Marc S Schwartz, both based in the...

Combined ENT Scotland and North of England Otolaryngology Spring Meeting 2024

9 May 2024 -10 May 2024 | ENT, Head and Neck, Otology, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The beautiful Common Room in Newcastle, situated upon Hadrian’s Wall, is the venue for a joint Spring Meeting between ENT Scotland and North of England Otolaryngology Society. This one-and-a-half-day conference will incorporate a social event and dinner, to eat, drink,...

Sleep apnoea in children with craniofacial syndromes

1 May 2015 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Whilst snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea are relatively common diagnoses in paediatric ENT, children with craniofacial syndromes take the problem to the next level. Robert Nash and Michelle Wyatt describe the Great Ormond Street multidisciplinary approach to treating this complex...

3rd Scottish Head and Neck Conference - virtual

18 September 2020 | ENT, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Maxillofacial Surgery, Paediatric ENT
Complications & Management in Head and Neck Surgery

Laryngology: past, present and future

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Two laryngological authorities trace the history of laryngology, from ancient Rome to the modern day. The structure of the vocal folds was a matter of conjecture until the renaissance when anatomists such as Andreas Vesalius and Julius Casserius demonstrated the...

Anaesthesia for free-flap surgery

1 November 2019 | | ENT
Adel Hutchinson is one of those calm and controlled anaesthetists for whom nothing seems too difficult. In this article, she describes the key perioperative factors for one of the highest complexity operations in ENT; free-flap surgery. It makes good reading...

The evolution in management of microtia and atresia

2 March 2022 | | ENT, Otology
The management of microtia and atresia has evolved significantly. Ossama Abdelhamid and Amr Abdelhamid explain how a multidisciplinary approach has become standard, with the aim of delivering individualised assessment and intervention that should target functional, structural, cosmetic and psychological aspects...

Working with people with hearing loss and dementia

3 March 2021 | | Audiology - Adult
A member of the SENSE-Cog team in the UK, Dr Littlejohn provides an overview of multidisciplinary recommendations for diagnosis, management and care of older adults with hearing loss, vision loss and dementia. She underscores how consideration of hearing status when...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ear health in the 2020s

30 April 2020 | | ENT, Otology
The world is in the midst of a pandemic, and global health is severely threatened by this novel coronavirus which has caused over three million infections of COVID-19 and claimed more than 228,000 lives to date*. Societies and health systems...