Non-melanoma skin cancers are the most frequent skin tumours and in over 25% of cases affect the nose. Following excision, the reconstruction may be challenging. Reconstruction aims to preserve the anatomical units, nasal functions and also an aesthetic final outcome....
5 January 2022
| Christopher Thompson, Miles Bannister
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ENT, Head and Neck
In the second of our series on local skin flaps (see Part 1 here, and Part 3 here), the authors describe more techniques and examples of various skin flaps that trainees should find very interesting. Rhomboid flap This remains our...
3 September 2021
| Christopher Thompson, Miles Bannister
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ENT, Otology
In the first of a short series covering random pattern skin flaps and their use in clinical practice (see Part 2 here, and Part 3 here), Christopher Thompson and Miles Bannister describe in some detail their techniques which I hope...
3 May 2022
| Christopher Thompson, Miles Bannister
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ENT, Head and Neck
In this third (see Part 1 here, and Part 2 here) of four articles outlining, in some detail, the practical steps for some important local skin flaps, Christopher Thompson and Miles Bannister describe the Z-plasty; a very helpful and useful...
Supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) refers to the removal of lymph nodes contained in levels I-III and is currently referred to as a selective neck dissection levels I-III. This type of neck dissection has been frequently used in the management of...
This textbook couldn’t have arrived with better timing. As an ENT trainee soon to sit the FRCS(ORL-HNS) with an interest in facial plastics, I can comfortably say this is incredibly useful to have in the library. The book should suit...
Otolaryngologists, Matt Hensler and Kareem Tawfik from Cincinnati, USA produced a video about their ENT experiences after completing their residency. Here they share more about their creative forays into the online video world.
This paper is not the first, and is unlikely to be the last, to look at a variation on the current technique for inserting the percutaneous titanium bone-anchored component of a bone conduction hearing device. In less than a decade,...
The auricle is split into six specific anatomic subunits that vary in skin thickness, contour, structural integrity and the availability of healthy surrounding tissues. It is important to reconstruct an aesthetically pleasing auricle as slight deformities may be prominent. The...