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

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October 2025

Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oral cavity SCC with minor and major extranodal extension

Association between acid reflux medication and supraglottoplasty in infant laryngomalacia

Betula verrucosa for treating moderate to severe allergic rhinitis or conjunctivitis caused by tree pollen (new NICE guidance TA1087)

Cochlear implantation: the variation in cochlear height

Communication with families of children with overweight status or obesity during consultation for tonsillectomy

Comparison of cartilage and temporalis fascia grafts in type 1 tympanoplasty: a meta-analysis

Concordance of anosmia between household members affected by COVID-19 infection

Correlation between tinnitus handicap and depression and anxiety scores

ctDNA and recurrence risk for adjuvant de-escalation in HPV-positive oropharyngeal carcinoma: a secondary analysis of the DART phase 3 randomized clinical trial

Drug-induced rhinitis: narrative review

Hearing aid service models, technology, and patient outcomes: a randomized clinical trial

Immunotherapy utilization outcomes in distantly metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Laryngopharyngeal reflux in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery clinic: an epidemiological survey

Longitudinal financial toxicity and quality of life in head and neck cancer

Measuring the impact of a delay in care on pediatric otolaryngologic surgery completion

Myocardial injury after major head and neck surgery

Radiotherapy with cisplatin vs carboplatin paclitaxel for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Rare presentation of monkeypox: initial tonsillitis symptoms leading to diagnostic challenges

Social outcomes among adults with hearing aids and cochlear implants

Stellate ganglion block for the treatment of COVID-19−induced parosmia: a randomized clinical trial

Tragus perichondrium–cartilage island and temporalis muscle fascia for repairing tympanic membrane perforation under the otoendoscope: a randomized controlled trial

Tympanoplasty with eustachian tube balloon dilation for chronic inflammatory middle ear disease: a randomized clinical trial

Unmet care needs of adult survivors of thyroid cancer: a systematic review

Updated thresholds of basal calcitonin level and extent of lymph node metastasis in initially treated medullary thyroid cancer

Vitamin D: a factor affecting the success of type 1 tympanoplasty

Sources

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Aug-Sep); JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery (Jul-Aug); JAMMI: Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Disease Canada (Jun); NICE website (Jul-Aug)

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)

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