Sick-leave duration after elective day case surgery in ENT: Is it affected by the type of employment?

Background: Many ENT day-case procedures are performed on otherwise healthy individuals in employment. We hypothesised patients' type of employment may affect the amount of time taken off work following such procedures. We aimed to disprove the hypothesis that there is no difference in time taken off between employees and self-employed individuals.

Distance and Socieoeconomic Status as Barriers to Cochlear Implantation.

Objective: To assess the distance burden for access to cochlear implant (CI)-related services and to assess whether socioeconomic disadvantage or level of education and occupation influenced uptake of CIs.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: A CI services provider operating across multiple centers.

Misplaced Cochlear Implant Electrodes Outside the Cochlea: A Literature Review and Presentation of Radiological and Electrophysiological Findings.

Hypothesis: It is possible to detect when misplacement and malposition of the cochlear implant (CI) electrode array has occurred intraoperatively through different investigations. We aim to explore the literature surrounding cochlear implant misplacements and share our personal experience with such cases to formulate a quick-reference guide that may be able to help cochlear implant teams detect misplacements early.

Background: Misplacement and malposition of a cochlear implant array can lead to poor hearing outcomes.

Bilateral isolated submandibular gland mumps.

Isolated submandibular swellings pose a diagnostic challenge to the practising otolaryngologist. We report an unusual case of mumps isolated to bilateral submandibular glands. We discuss the case and the literature surrounding this condition and remind clinicians that mumps should be considered as a diagnosis in the presence of submandibular gland swelling in the absence of typical parotid swelling associated with mumps.