Staple lodges in man’s face after a teeth cleaning exercise goes wrong: case report
ENT surgeons have highlighted the challenges of diagnosing foreign bodies retained in the oral cavity, after a young man lost track of a staple he…
Tag: Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)
High case loads contribute to infant hearing loss misdiagnoses: report
An audiology unit at a Queensland public hospital has misdiagnosed some profoundly deaf children as having no hearing loss and programmed cochlear implants incorrectly in…
Doctors won’t see gender parity in most surgical specialties during their lifetime: Aussie study
It will take eight generations, or more than 180 years, before the number of female orthopaedic and cardiothoracic surgeons is the same as their male…
Quiz — Bad care or a failure to warn?
A patient has blocked ears and is in a hurry. You advise him to use a wax softener for two nights and return for ear…
Hearing loss ‘more prevalent’ in cancer survivors
Cancer survivors have a significantly higher prevalence of hearing loss than the general population, according to a study in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr…
Medical Must-See: Electrical accident causes vocal cord palsy
A man’s sore throat after he was electrocuted was the first sign he had a unique case of unilateral vocal cord paralysis, according to his…
Surgeon’s emergency suspension lifted after ‘inexplicable’ medical council blunder
The Medical Council of NSW has been criticised by a judge after it suspended an ENT surgeon without acknowledging his expert defence report questioning the…
‘Lifelong’ impacts on children affected by cochlear implant failures: review
The “distressing” experiences of dozens of children whose cochlear implants had been wrongly programmed could be occurring in audiology services around the country, a state…
Medical Must-See: Perforated palate points to rare fungal infection
A spicy meal was a harbinger of more pain to come for one unfortunate teen in China, who was diagnosed with a rare fungal infection…
‘We let those children down’: Review finds failures in audiology testing and cochlear implant programming
A hospital has apologised to the families of hundreds of children amid concerns they received substandard clinical care during audiological testing or cochlear implant programming.…
