A force sensor improves trainee technique for rigid endoscopy.

Objective: Developing skills in rigid endoscopy poses challenges to the surgical trainee. This study investigates whether a modified manikin can improve the technical skill of junior operators by providing direct quantitative feedback.

Methods: A force-sensing pad was incorporated into the oral cavity of a life support manikin.

A Case for Genetic Testing in Isolated Tympanic Paragangliomas.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe two clinical cases, which we believe highlight the need to consider routine genetic testing of all patients with new diagnosis of a tympanic paraganglioma (PGL).

Patients: Two patients seen in the ENT clinic at a tertiary center with a diagnosis of isolated tympanic PGL, without family history.

Intervention: Since 2016, all patients with newly diagnosed isolated tympanic PGL (glomus tympanicum) are offered review by the clinical genetic team and genetic testing of a panel of paraganglioma/phaeochromocytoma predisposition genes.

Timing and volume of information produced for the Otolaryngologist during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A review of the volume of online literature.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and has been declared a pandemic in March 2020. COVID-19 has caused unprecedented and lasting biopsychosocial effects worldwide. All healthcare professionals have faced life-threatening risks by attending their daily jobs.

SGBS cells as a model of human adipocyte browning: A comprehensive comparative study with primary human white subcutaneous adipocytes.

The Simpson Golabi Behmel Syndrome (SGBS) pre-adipocyte cell strain is widely considered to be a representative in vitro model of human white pre-adipocytes. A recent study suggested that SGBS adipocytes exhibit an unexpected transient brown phenotype. Here, we comprehensively examined key differences between SGBS adipocytes and primary human white subcutaneous (PHWSC) adipocytes.