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101 Free Ent Resources
All free online Otolaryngology / ENT resources for ENT Graduates, Students, Teachers and practitioners. Free surgical videos, free ent presentations, free ent books. Note – It will be updated regularly. You can contact us if you want to add your links. FREE ENT RESOURCESwww.dnbmentors.comhttp://www.entdev.uct.ac.zaJ.A. Borgstein (Johannes) – The Basic Ear…
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What is Voice therapy And How to do it
What is voice therapy is a common question that can be asked in DNB ENT Case presentation or DNB ENT OSCE Skill station. Voice therapy is the therapeutic treatment of a voice disorder it embraces principles from biomechanics of voice production and motor-learning principles as well as psychological interventions to…
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Otalgia or Ear Pain
DNB ENT Theory Question June 2016 – a) Enumerate the causes of pain in ear (otalgia). How would you manage a case of otitis externa? Definition Otalgia is defined as ear pain. Types Two separate and distinct types of otalgia exist.• Pain that originates within the ear is primary otalgia.• Pain…
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Ludwigs angina
Definition1Rapidly spreading cellulitis of floor of mouth and submandibular space (submaxillary or submental and sublingual divided by mylohyoid) secondary to:Soft tissue infectionTonsil infectionLower premolar or molar infection (80%)Submandibular sialadenitisInjuries to the oral mucosaWilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig – 1836, Described 5 cases. SymptomsTrismus, odynophagia, Mouth pain, stiff neck, drooling, and dysphagia,…
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Robotic surgery and Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in ENT
Robotic surgery is telesurgery, i.e. the surgeon performs surgery by being away from patient through a console which manipulates the robotic instruments according to surgeon maneuvers on the console. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) was initially conceived for oropharyngeal cancer.Write short notes on: What is robotic surgery? a) Transoral Robotic Surgery…
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Prophylactic Antibiotics in surgery
PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS IN SURGERY can come as a short question for 5 marks in DNB ENT Theory or as a Viva question in DNB ENT Osce Viva station DefinitionsInfection: The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms that reproduce and multiply causing disease by local cellular injury, secretion of a…
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Surgical and Clinical audit
April 2016 DNB ENT Theory Question – a) What is clinical audit? b) What is the use of clinical audit in ENT? DefinitionClinical audit is a way to find out if healthcare is being provided in line with standards and lets care providers and patients know where their service is doing…
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Day Care ENT Surgery
DefinitionDay care ent surgical patient is one who has a planned admission, operation and discharge on the same day. Anaesthesia is modified to allow rapid recovery and to minimise post-operative pain, nausea, and vomiting. Pre-admission planning and protocol driven, nurse-led discharge allow a day unit to run efficiently.Day care ent…
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Surgical Diathermy or Electrocautery
Surgical diathermy or Electrocautery uses direct current whereas electrosurgery uses alternating current. Radiofrequency Generator:Generates high-frequency currents (100 K-Hz to 4 MHz) which induces ionic vibration but no movement.Ionic vibration generates intracellular heat but no muscle/nerve depolarization.Power settings are in Watts (amps x volts).Intracellular heat can cause:boiling + explosion (CUT), and/ordehydration…
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Blood Components
Whole banked bloodUpto 450 mL/donor.Increase Hb by 1g/dl and hematocrit by 3 % per 1 bag whole blood.Benefit is that it is metabolically more active and it is coagulation factor rich.Disadvantage is that volume overload can occur.Fresh whole bloodWhen transfused within 24 hours, it has shown improved outcomes in trauma…
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