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Autumn Seminar of The Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan

The Autumn Seminar has been held annually, alternatively organized by one of Japan’s six regions. This year, Tokyo, Yokohama, and the entire Kanto region took the lead, with Prof. Tatsuya Yamasoba, chairman of the University of Tokyo, serving as the executive committee chair.

59th Annual Meeting of Japanese Rhinologic Society

Hironobu Nishijima, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan. The 59th Annual Meeting of Japanese Rhinologic Society was held in Tokyo in early October. Tokyo is the city with the highest number of...

Symptom Oriented Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery – Three Volume Set

Symptom Oriented Otolaryngology is a three-volume set covering an extensive range of symptoms in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery. The editorial team of Randal Morton, Zahoor Ahmad and Malcolm Giles from New Zealand, have been supported by an illustrious team...

Pocket Tutor Otolaryngology – Second Edition

The Pocket Tutor series has succeeded again with a visually different second edition of Otolaryngology. Mr Bhattacharyya has now joined with fellow ENT Consultant, Ms Ifeacho and ENT trainee, Mr Zhang, to produce a revised pocket companion fit for the...

Quality quantitative tests of taste & smell

Sensonics’ range of products provides the medical, scientific and industrial communities with reliable smell and taste tests for assessing chemosensory function.

Loss of smell in the age of COVID-19

Loss of smell (LOS) is a debilitating symptom with increasing interest for the medical community due to its high prevalence in COVID-19. In the present paper, a team of 15 experts provide recommendations for the investigation and management of patients...

Running a post-COVID smell clinic

Over the past year, much of our effort as a speciality has been directed towards crisis management and keeping services afloat. Our practice has changed in untold ways, but unprecedented numbers of patients with smell disorders will increasingly require our...

The Matchgirls and Phossy Jaw: a striking tale of industrial action

Poor working conditions, long hours, low pay – and the prospect of a dangerous and disfiguring osteonecrosis of the jaw. These were the triggers for the 1400 ‘matchgirls’ of the Bryant and May factory to strike in July 1888, a...

Seven things ENT surgeons can learn from the hairdressers

In a nod to our origins as barber surgeons, Australian ENT surgeon and blogger Eric Levi gives us an entertaining insight into what he has learned from his hairdresser that makes him a better doctor. I’ve been to the hairdressers...

Fifth Sense James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for smell and taste disorders

Research priorities in the past have been dominated by the quixotic curiosity of individual academics and the capricious generosity of funding organisations. There must be a better way... At Fifth Sense, research is fundamental to the work we do. Above...

In conversation with Duncan Boak, founder of Fifth Sense

Anosmia Our sense of smell is something we take for granted – but imagine if it wasn’t there… We see many patients who struggle with anosmia, but perhaps don’t always appreciate how much of an effect it has on their...

121st Annual Meeting of the ORL Society of Japan (AMOSJ)

On 6-7 October 2020, the 121st Annual Meeting of the ORL Society of Japan (AMOSJ), which had been postponed for five months due to COVID-19, was held in Okayama Prefecture.