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Contemporary Transoral Surgery for Primary Head and Neck Surgery (Includes Companion Website) First Edition 2015.

1 March 2015 | | Head and Neck
This is a volume containing 16 chapters and indexed over 251 pages which covers the topic of transoral surgery (TOS) edited by Drs Hinni and Lott from the Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, USA. The chapters cover the topic of TOS...

Laryngeal cleft in a 66-year-old man!

1 January 2019 | | Congenital malformation, Laryngo-trahcheo-esophageal cleft, Larynx
This is a fascinating case report of a 66-year-old man who presented with a carcinoma of the piriform sinus. During chemoradiotherapy, he developed dyspnoea, dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia. His chemoradiotherapy was stopped and he underwent a pharygnolaryngectomy. When the surgical...

Covid-19 Tips and insights

26 March 2020 | | ENT, COVID-19
The following blog articles have been kindly provided by Eric Levi. For more from Eric Levi, visit https://ericlevi.com/blog/ COVID19 affects everyone Posted on 01/04/2020 by Eric Levi Here’s a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention looking at...

Atlas of Head and Neck Ultrasound

1 January 2014 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Imaging
The aim of the authors in producing this atlas is not only to give beginners a systematic introduction to the basics of head and neck ultrasonography, but also to provide more experienced users with the opportunity of gaining further in-depth...

Sinus airflow after FESS using models and fluid dynamics

2 November 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus
This is a very interesting study from Australia and New Zealand looking at flow of air into the nose and sinuses after FESS surgery. There is plenty of data regarding computational fluid dynamics for preoperative cases but not much for...
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PET-CT for malignant nasopharyngeal lesions

7 January 2021 | | Head and Neck, Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | Biopsy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, PET/CT
This retrospective Turkish review of 92 patients aimed to determine the ability of fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax) on positron emission tomography/computerised tomography (PET/CT) to differentiate benign processes and malignant nasopharyngeal lesions. The authors retrospectively reviewed the...

The newest robot from da Vinci – what can it offer for hypopharyngeal cancer surgery?

1 March 2018 | | da Vinci Sp, hypopharyngeal cancer, hypopharynx, transoral endoscopic head and neck surgery, transoral robotic surgery
The standard existing da Vinci surgical robot (the Si model) has been much maligned for not being optimally designed for transoral access and endoscopic manoeuvrability in head and neck surgery. This preclinical work from Holsinger and his team looks at...
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Significance of abnormal retropharyngeal nodes in head and neck cancer

1 November 2019 | | Rhinology / Sinus | nasopharyngeal cancer, oral, oropharyngeal, retropharyngeal nodes, squamous cell carcinoma
Abnormal retropharyngeal lymph nodes (RLN) have prognostic relevance for patients with oral, oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). However, consensus on the evaluation and management of abnormal RLN in these patients is lacking. The authors of this paper provided...

The role of the maxillo-facial surgeon in the management of skull base malignancy

1 June 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery, Skull Base Surgery
Whilst ablative surgery remains the principal treatment option for head and neck malignancy, the skull base is the last frontier. The complex anatomy, supreme functionality of the brain, and varied pathology provokes many a detailed discussion in the multidisciplinary team...

The changing spectrum of cancer of the oropharynx: dilemmas and future directions

1 March 2016 | | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Head and Neck
The association of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer has identified a ‘new disease’, with its unique biologic behaviour, and challenges for clinicians in selecting therapeutic combinations offering maximum efficacy and minimum morbidity or long-term sequela currently under study in clinical trials....

Themistocles Gluck – the true father of laryngectomy

7 May 2021 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Most head and neck surgeons and ENT-specialists may know that the first laryngectomy for cancer was performed by Billroth on 31 December 1873. Billroth´s assistant, Vincenz Czerny, had outlined the operation in experimental surgery on dogs in 1870. Three years...