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Impact of the updated cancer staging system on HPV-positive disease

1 July 2018 | | American Joint Committee on Cancer, National Cancer Data Base, human papillomavirus, oropharyngeal cancer, staging
The AJCC cancer staging manual was updated in 2017 (8th edition). It is used in the MDT setting for planning treatment and assessing prognosis for individual patients, and is also widely used internationally in clinical trials. Unlike previous iterations of...

The future of head and neck cancer surgery

1 March 2019 | | ENT, Head and Neck
Neil Sharma paints an exciting picture of the future of head and neck surgery with nanobots and robot augmented humans – science fiction or reality? Time will tell. ‘May you live in interesting times’ reads the old Chinese curse. The...

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...

The astronomer’s nose: Tycho Brahe’s controversial prosthesis

24 July 2017 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) is a familiar and colourful figure in the history of science. The immense quantity of data he collected during his lifetime would enable the work of Johannes Kepler and has gained him admission to the astronomical pantheon....

IL-25 and nasal polyps, another target

1 May 2018 | | Th2 response, Chronic rhinosinusitis, interleukin 25, nasal polyp
Immune response in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is mainly via type 2 T-helper (Th2) cells while Th1 cells characterise chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) immune response. CRSwNP is heterogeneous on a cytological level causing a varied response...

Lack of early vocabulary growth in bilateral cochlear implant children

1 May 2018 | | bilateral cochlear implant, composition of vocabulary, predictors, size of vocabulary
Studies indicate that children with unilateral implantation may have delayed vocabulary development for long periods of time even after implantation. This Finnish study attempted to find out whether bilateral cochlear implantation was associated with earlier vocabulary development. The authors analysed...
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Essentials of Modern Hearing Aids - Selection, Fitting, Verification

27 February 2020 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric
In the preface to this book, the authors state that the purpose of the book is to take “a student through the entire hearing aid process from beginning to end in a logical and clinically applicable manner”. The book eschews...

Do nasogastric tubes affect aspiration risk?

1 March 2019 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Aspiration, Deglutition, Deglutition disorder, Nasogastric tube, Rehabilitation
A nasogastric tube (NGT) is frequently used for patients who are at risk of endotracheal aspiration of oral diet. However, this cannot eliminate the aspiration of saliva. The incidence of aspiration pneumonia in patients with NGT therefore remains high. Some...

Chronic rhinosinusitis management: back to the future?

1 July 2016 | | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
Immunology is a dim and distant medical school memory to many ENT surgeons, but the increasingly complex immunology of chronic rhinosinusitis is fascinating (honestly!). Medical management options in CRS no longer just involves saline and steroids, and we need to...

The use of THRIVE in laryngology and phonosurgery

1 May 2018 | | ENT, Head and Neck, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
The team in Lewisham has been using THRIVE for our phonosurgical cases for about a year. Here, we discuss the pros, cons and potential pitfalls of setting up and using THRIVE as ventilation during anaesthesia rather than using an ML...

Tinnitus treatment device from concept to commercialisation

8 January 2024 | | Audiology - Adult, Tinnitus
Innovation in the field of healthcare is fraught with nearly insurmountable challenges. Bringing a novel product to the market requires a new (patentable) idea that can be reduced to practice, manufactured at scale, and can pass all regulatory barriers. In...

OBITUARY: Professor Heinz Stammberger (1946-2018)

19 December 2018 | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus
We, at ENT & Audiology News, have just learned of the death of Professor Heinz Stammberger on 9 December. Within the global ENT community, there can be few people whose names are as well-known as his, and his loss will...