Search

You searched for "tonsillectomy"

209 results found

SPECT scans not justified in growth of the mandibular condyle

1 July 2018 | | SPECT bone scintigraphy, condylar hyperplasia, sensitivity, serial radiograph tracing, specificity
This is a paper from Hong Kong of 200 patients between January 2011 and July 2013 who underwent SPECT bone scintigraphy for assessment of growth causing condylar hyperplasia and subsequent mandibular asymmetry. Thirty-four patients were found to have active growth...

ENT and the Titanic

6 July 2020 | | ENT
One otolaryngologist who perished on the ill-fated voyage of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 was Dr Ernest Moraweck, a prominent physician with an interest in ENT (and ophthalmology), living in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA [1]. Moraweck was an inventive...

Factors determining success of adenotonsillectomy in paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea

1 May 2017 | | Pediatric OSAS, Cephalometry, Adenotonsillectomy
Patient selection is important for any successful surgical procedure. Adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnoea secondary to adenotonsillar hypertrophy is no exception. This retrospective Taiwanese study attempts to find preoperative factors that have a positive influence for this commonly performed operation....

From aaargh to zzzzz: the ABC of paediatric anaesthesia

1 November 2019 | | ENT
Andrew McTavish is one of those special breeds who not only relishes complex anaesthesia, but also does so in paediatric patients. Dealing with this group of patients requires careful planning according to accepted practice, and here he discusses some recent...

Incoming RSM Presidents share their plans for the year

8 October 2021
Section of Laryngology & RhinologyMichael Kuo – PresidentVictoria Possamai – Honorary Secretary Another academic year for the RSM beckons. The programmes that Tim Woolford and Guri Sandhu presented, culminating in the first ‘face to face’ ENT meeting this year, both...

Head & Neck Section of Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Symposium

2 March 2019 | Head and Neck
Report By: Professor John Fenton The annual Head and Neck Section of the 26th Sylvester O Halloran Surgical Scientific meeting was held at the University of Limerick Medical School (UL-GEMS) on 2 March 2019. Unfortunately the 2018 conference had to...

Not just the scissors: the story of Myron Metzenbaum

22 December 2020 | | ENT
Myron Metzenbaum was born in Cleveland, Ohio (USA) in 1876, the fourth of nine children. As a young man, he worked in the family’s linen store, where his father was well known to be very kind to the less fortunate...

The ear, nose and throat anaesthesia practice of Dr John Snow (1813-58)

3 November 2022 | | ENT
News of the first successful public demonstration of general anaesthesia in Boston, Massachusetts in October 1846 reached Britain in mid-December of that year. James Robinson, a London dentist, gave the first anaesthetic in the United Kingdom when, on 19 December,...

BAPO Annual Meeting 2023

14 September 2023 -15 September 2023
Arshad Zubair, ST5 Otolaryngology, North West Deanery, UK. The 2023 Annual Meeting of the British Association of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (BAPO) attracted a packed audience to the Great Hall of BMA House, along with delegates joining in virtually. President Michelle Wyatt...

ENT UK Northern ST3 Accelerated Learning Course Bootcamp 2023

24 October 2023 -25 October 2023 | ENT
Atia Khan (left), ENT Registrar, Royal Preston Hospital, North-West Trainee and Mr Raad John Glore (right), Consultant at Bradford Royal Infirmary. The transition from a core surgical trainee to a newly appointed specialist otolaryngology trainee can seem like a Herculean...

A brief history of adenoidectomy - a glowing report of the post nasal space

12 November 2019 | | ENT
The traditional adenoid curette more closely resembles a medieval torture device than an instrument of cure. Therefore it is not much of a surprise to learn that it has changed little since its invention almost 150 years ago. During that...

Trainee-led collaborative research and audit in ENT: where are we now?

1 November 2019 | | ENT
In late 2015 INTEGRATE, the UK ENT Trainee Research Network, was formed. Since then, two national projects have been completed and INTEGRATE has grown into a larger, more structured organisation, with otology, head and neck and rhinology subcommittees working alongside...