ENT Clinic Randwick – how to get here Entrance from Belmore Road up the steps next to CUA and Bravo Entrance from inside the mall on Level 1 next to Altitude Travel Phone: 1300 123 368 or 02 8188 2570 Email: referrals@entclinic.com.au We are located in the Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Suite 70B, Level 1 – conveniently […]
Headache and Ear Nose and Throat Problems
Summary A variety of ear, nose and throat disorders can cause headache. This is because nerves in this region can refer pain into the head and face. Sinus infection caused by colds, flu or hayfever can cause headaches. Treatment varies according to the underlying cause. Many ear, nose and throat disorders can cause or contribute […]
Hemotympanum
About hemotympanum Hemotympanum or hematotympanum, refers to the presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear. Hemotympanum causes The most common causes include therapeutic nasal packing, epistaxis, clotting disorders, blunt trauma to the head and skull base fracture. For patients with epistaxis, dysfunction of the Eustachian tubes is thought to be the […]
Botulinum toxin in the treatment of facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis
Botulinum toxin – Botox for facial palsy Roberto Filipo MD, Irma Spahiu MD, Edoardo Covelli MD, Maria Nicastri MHS, Gian Antonio Bertoli MD, The Laryngoscope, Volume 122, Issue 2, pages 266–270, February 2012 Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma (AN2011), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., June 28–July 1, 2011 Objectives/Hypothesis: Facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis commonly impair […]
Should antibiotics be prescribed for acute otitis media?
Antibiotics for acute otitis media Abbas A. Anwar BS,Anil K. Lalwani MD The Laryngoscope, Volume 122, Issue 1, pages 4–5, January 2012 Background Acute otitis media (AOM) accounts for nearly 15 million antibiotic prescriptions every year and has become the most commonly cited reason for antimicrobial therapy among children in the United States With the continuing […]