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Remote consultations: bringing ENT in to the 21st century

6 September 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus | ENT, accessibility, efficiency, remote assessment, remote consultation, review
The ongoing peaks and troughs of the COVID-19 pandemic have imposed unprecedented challenges on day-to-day healthcare provision that we all took as given across the globe prior to spring 2020! The pandemic has, in many ways, made us push boundaries...

Globalisation, interconnectivity and unintended consequences

9 September 2020 | | ENT, COVID-19
Drs Mom and Lea have thrown down the gauntlet, challenging us all to openly assess the global impact we have as countries, societies, surgeons and individuals. Being a surgeon is not all about surgery. How we respond will define our...
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Laryngeal evaluation during COVID-19 using transcervical ultrasonography

9 September 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, coronavirus, laryngeal evaluation, laryngeal ultrasound, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord paresis
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors highlight their protocol of transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography as an alternative to flexible fibreoptic laryngoscopy when appropriate. This is to reduce the risk of aerosolisation posed by laryngoscopy. Ultrasonography is a rapid, non-invasive...

World Rhinoplasty Day

30 April 2022 | ENT, Rhinoplasty, Rhinology / Sinus
PLEASE NOTE: World Rhinoplasty Day 2021 has been postponed to April 2022. Date TBC. Here's what happened at World Rhinoplasty Day 2020 The first World Rhinoplasty Day (WRD), organised by SORSSA (Society of Rhinoplasty Surgeons of South Africa) and lead...

Virtual educational outreach in the COVID-19 era

7 January 2021 | | ENT, COVID-19, Head and Neck
Existing surgical outreach programmes to developing countries have been severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has impacted on opportunities for otolaryngologists from the USA and from other developed countries to contribute to education and training of otolaryngologists in developing...

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...

Global audiology during COVID-19

26 June 2020 | | COVID-19, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected, and in some areas, put a complete hold on, audiology practice around the world. In April 2020, during the peak of the pandemic for many regions, our audiology Global Ambassadors provided their reports from their...

Development of a new negative-pressure ventilatory support device: Exovent

3 September 2021 | | ENT, Otology
The pandemic has driven innovation in ways that we have not seen for many decades. Intensive care medicine and ENT have been at the forefront of these advances, and our good friends David Howard (never one to put his feet...

In conversation with Professor Valentina Parma, Head of GCCR

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Smell has long been regarded as the Cinderella of the senses, oft neglected by clinicians, the research community and lay public. The Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research looks to change all that. Our roving reporter, Abigail Walker, talks to its...

In conversation with Professor Valentina Parma, Head of GCCR

1 July 2021 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Smell has long been regarded as the Cinderella of the senses, oft neglected by clinicians, the research community and lay public. The Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research looks to change all that. Our roving reporter, Abigail Walker, talks to its...

COVID-19 Audiology Useful Resources

23 February 2021 | COVID-19
Below is a list of useful resources connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. This list will be updated as and when more become available. April 2021 - Robert M DiSogra. COVID-19 Survey: Disposing of Cerumen from Patients with a Positive History...

Anxiety and acronyms – musings of an otolaryngologist

7 July 2020 | | ENT, COVID-19
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a focus of attention and concern for healthcare workers around the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Tolley discusses some of the issues. I write this article in mid-May when, were it not for...