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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Ear, Nose and Throat

Ear, Nose and Throat current awareness bulletin

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August 2025

Adverse respiratory events after pediatric endoscopic airway surgeries

Antibiotics versus topical antiseptics for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Aural toilet (ear cleaning) for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Decision-making tool for planning camera-assisted and awake intubation in head and neck surgery

Global barriers to otolaryngology care

Global trends and burden of age-related hearing loss: 32-year study

The impact of marital status and race in obstructive sleep apnea

Morbidity and oncological outcome after curative treatment in sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma

Morphology of the internal auditory canal: deriving parameters from computer tomography scans. An observational STROBE-MR study

Neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab in locally advanced head and neck cancer

Neoadjuvant therapy for mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a review from the American Head and Neck Society

Olfactory deficits and mortality in older adults

Onset of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: an update

Population attributable fraction of incident dementia associated with hearing loss

Sex- and race-specific prevalence of hearing loss across the adult lifespan and associated factors

Suspected cancer: recognition and referral (updated NICE guideline NG12)

Systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Thyroidectomy with or without postoperative radioiodine for patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer in the UK (IoN): a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial

Topical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Topical antibiotics with steroids for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Topical antiseptics for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Topical versus systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media (updated Cochrane review)

Sources

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Jul); Australian Journal of General Practice (Jul); Cochrane Library (Jun); Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Jun-Jul); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Jun); Lancet, The (Jul); NEJM (Jul); NICE website (May-Jun)

June 2025

Association of laryngopharyngeal reflux disease and refractory chronic rhinosinusitis

Clinical practice guideline for management of tinnitus: recommendations from the US VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Work Group

Clinical profile and recovery pattern of dysphonia following inhalation injury: a 10-year review

Clinical utility of limited channel sleep studies versus polysomnography for obstructive sleep apnoea (new Cochrane intervention review)

Current progress and future directions of immunotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a narrative review

FAMM flap in oral cavity and tongue defect reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Genetic and molecular differences in head and neck cancer based on smoking history

Hearing loss and falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hearing restoration through hair cell regeneration: a review of recent advancements and current limitations

A large-scale study of patients with preoperative vocal cord paralysis associated with thyroid disease and related clinicopathological features

NF2-related schwannomatosis: a view from within the inner ear

Otitis media in young children (NEJM clinical practice review)

Pain management after tonsillectomy—by demand or by-the-clock—is there a difference?

Patient-reported quality-of-life outcome measure after parotidectomy

Perceived taste loss from early adulthood to mid to late adulthood and mortality

Preoperative MRI, audiovisual speech perception, and mood are associated with cochlear implant outcomes in adults with postlingual deafness

Reduction of bleeding from pterygopalatal injection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk factors for free flap outcomes: a retrospective study of 318 free flaps for head and neck defect reconstruction

Survival outcomes related to treatment modalities in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

The trajectory of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy and its influencing factors

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potential in otosclerosis: a systematic review

Sources

Burns (Mar); Cochrane Library (Apr-May); Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (May); Hearing Research (May-Jun); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Apr-May); Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (Mar); NEJM (Apr)

April 2025

Association between clinical factors and surgical outcomes for patients with persistent allergic rhinitis

Auditory working memory in noise in cochlear implant users: Insights from behavioural and neuronal measures

A change in voice (BMJ practice review)

Clinical characteristics in unilateral cochlear nerve canal stenosis

Clinical perspectives on the pathophysiology of facial synkinesis: a narrative review

Cochlear implant electrode placement and music perception

Early signs of auditory aging: hearing declines faster in individuals with extended high frequency hearing loss

Imaging and audiological features of children with cochlear nerve deficiency

Intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring criteria in primary hyperparathyroidism: a network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy

Microscopic over-under versus medial tympanoplasty for larger tympanic membrane perforations

Noise exposure history and age-related changes to hearing

Patient and caregiver experience of diagnosis, treatment, and living with recurrent oropharyngeal cancer

Patient-reported distress in individuals with head and neck cancer

Predictive model for prognosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss by nomogram

Predictors of thyroid gland invasion in total laryngectomy for advanced laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Symptoms, quality of life, and executive function in children who snore

Toward cognitive models of misophonia

Transcutaneous bone conduction implants in patients with single-sided deafness: objective and subjective evaluation

Unveiling the mind's ear: understanding the science behind auditory processing using illusion

Sources

BMJ, The (Jan); Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Feb-Apr); Hearing Research (Feb-Apr); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Feb-Mar); NICE website (Feb-Mar)

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