An update on simulation training in rhinology: a systematic review of evidence.

Background: Rhinological procedures demand a high degree of technical expertise and anatomical knowledge. Because of limited surgical opportunities, ethical considerations and the complexity of these procedures, simulation-based training has become increasingly important. This review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of simulation models used in rhinology training.

The role of ChatGPT in enhancing ENT surgical training - a trainees' perspective.

Objective: ChatGPT, developed by Open AI (November 2022) is a powerful artificial intelligence language model, designed to produce human-like text from user-written prompts. Prompts must give context-specific information to produce valuable responses. Otolaryngology is a specialist field that sees limited exposure during undergraduate and postgraduate education.

DTBV: A Deep Transfer-Based Bone Cancer Diagnosis System Using VGG16 Feature Extraction.

Among the many different types of cancer, bone cancer is the most lethal and least prevalent. More cases are reported each year. Early diagnosis of bone cancer is crucial since it helps limit the spread of malignant cells and reduce mortality.

Telephone clinic outcomes during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: results from an ENT department.

Objective: To study the impact of telemedicine on patient outcomes during a nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus disease 2019.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to examine telemedicine consultations of newly referred patients over 7 days during a national lockdown. Overall outcomes of telephone clinics were recorded, measured as either patient discharged, imaging requested, patient referred to another specialty, further telephone follow up required, patient initiated follow up or face-to-face appointment required.

Facile synthesis of 2-azaspiro[3.4]octane.

Our annulation strategy utilized for the synthesis of 2-azaspiro[3.4]octane is explained. Three successful routes for the synthesis were developed.