http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net otolaryngologyinafrica.net is a website dedicated to effective networking among otorhinolaryngologists practicing on the continent of Africa, and those in diaspora. The major goal is to ensure effective and efficient ear, nose and throat diseases' care. To achieve this aim,we publish weekly newsletter to keep otorhinolaryngolgists abreast of developments in the specialty and subspecialties of otology, rhinology, laryngology, skull base surgery and related fields. The site was created and managed by Dr 'Biodun Olusesi en-us http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/rss/rss.gif http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net 120 12 http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no3.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:50:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no3.htm A new issue of otorhinolaryngology news has just been updated. You can preview all past issues by selecting the appropriate volume on http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/orlnews.htm. http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/rss/index.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 07 May 2007 09:37:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/rss/index.htm Current and Future otorhinolaryngology Conferences will henceforth be posted on this page. Only reference to these information will be carried in the newsletter http://www.orlinafrica.blogspot.com Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:00:00 GMT http://orlinafrica.blogspot.com Otolarynglogy in Africa is a web forum for otolaryngologists practicing in Africa to exchange ideas, compare notes, discuss cases, and learn about upcoming conferences using the power of the web http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentforum/index.html Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:50:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/index.html OrlinAfrica resident's forum was created mainly for the benefit of resident doctors in otorhinolaryngology, and should not be viewed as a substitute to consulting expert medical opinions!!. View current forum topic...H.pylori in otorhinolaryngology http://orlafrica.blogspot.com Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:50:00 GMT http://orlinafrica.blogspot.com/search/label/Post%20Traumatic%20Laryngeal%20Polyp This case was recently discussed in a recent edition (vol6,no2) of the otorhinolaryngology newsletter:A 27-year-old female presented with hoarseness of 5 months duration....This is the blog answering the clinical puzzle http://orlafrica.blogspot.com Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:23:00 GMT http://orlinafrica.blogspot.com/search/label/Hearing%20Loss%20in%20Meniere%27s%20Syndrome This case was recently discussed in a recent edition (vol5,no10) of the otorhinolaryngology newsletter:A 37-year old female presented with 1 year history of right aural tinnitus, hearing loss, and initial vertigo which had since resolve....This is the blog answering the audilogical puzzle http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/doda2-pta.html Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:23:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/doda2-pta.html A new online video demonstration of DODA 2.0 pure tone audiogramming has just been uploaded and can be viewed here... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/doda2-pta.html Dr 'Biodun Olusesi http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/doda2-speech.html Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:31:00 GMT A new online video demonstration of DODA 2.0 speech audiogrammer has just been uploaded and can be viewed here... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/download.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:32:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/download.htm You can now download instructional videos for DODA 2.0 for viewing on your mobile phones ( You'll need a 3G phone to do this) from this page... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no4.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 05 May 2007 16:32:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no4.htm A recent issue of otorhinolaryngology news has just been uploaded and can be viewed from this page... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/indexa.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 05 May 2007 16:40:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/indexa.htm You can contribut to this week's residents forum topic titled cochlear implants in developing countries from this page... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/rss/index.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 07 May 2007 16:41:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/rss/index.htm#Otorhinolaryngological_Society_of_Nigeria_(ORLSON) Otorhinolaryngological Society of Nigeria (ORLSON) 16th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference will be taking place at Hamdala Hotel, Waff Road,Kaduna,Nigeria... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no5.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 14 May 2007 18:31:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no5.htm The current issue of otorhinolaryngology newsletter examined topics including post-mortem survival of cochlear ES Cells, Poor prognostic factors in HZO, and olfacto-cochlear ES cell transplant as a precursor of curative treatment of retrocochlear SNHL... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/index.html Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 07 May 2007 16:41:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/index.html#Surgical_Management_of_Pre-auricular_Sinus Pre-auricular sinus, first described by Van Heusinger in 1864, represents a spectrum of one of the commonest congenital pre-auricular soft tissue malformation...Post your comment to this forum... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pet.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 29 May 2007 12:44:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pet.htm Since Almost 3 decades following introduction of the Positron Emission Tomography scan into clinical medicine and medical research, its application in otorhinolaryngology remains largely oncological. However, in an effort to provide ultimate cancer care, an increasing number of tertiary medical centers in Africa is establishing nuclear medicine units / departments..Post Your Comment to this forum... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no6.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 29 May 2007 12:53:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no6.htm The current issue of otorhinolaryngology news examined the following issues: Journals Abstracted - (1) Auditory Prosthesis In, CI Out...? (2)Practice, Research, Consensus in CRS Classification? (3) Which Otoimplant...? Case of the week - a 37 year old male with otorhoea and left temporal swelling; Journal Watch - Voice rest after microlaryngoscopy: current opinion and practice.Behrman A, Sulica L., 2003.. http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no7.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:32:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no7.htm The current issue of otorhinolaryngology news examined the following issues: Journals Abstracted - (1)Sensorimotor abnormality and Laryngomalacia...? (2)Ageing Brain and Presbycusis? (3)BIJV for rapid PTH Assay and Localization of Disease...? Case of the week - an 8 month old male with nasomaxillary mass and excessive tearing; Journal Watch - Endoscopic Management of Limited Attic Cholesteatoma.Tarabichi M, 2004.. http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/AN.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:41:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/AN.htm Since it was first described in 1970s, auditory neuropathy, defined broadly as retrocohclear type of hearing loss due to pathology involving the cochlear nerve, mainly, between the cochlea and the auditory brainstem, remains poorly understood... Post Your Comment to this Forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pgl.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:54:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pgl.htm Paragangliomas are highly vascularised and often heritable tumours derived from paraganglia, a diffuse neuroendocrine system dispersed... Post Your Comment to this Forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no8.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:55:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no8.htm A new issue vol6no8 of otolaryngology news just released contains among others Facial Nerve Monitor and Optical Stimulation, Gore-Tex Injection Laryngoplasty, Skull Base ACC and High Resolution Imaging... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no9.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:43:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no9.htm The new issue vol6no9 of otolaryngology news just released contains among others Plasticity and subcortical auditory pathway, Per nasal approach to petrous apex, New thinking on micrometastasis... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/jlp.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:48:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/jlp.htm Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a benign lesion of the larynx and trachea. RRP is caused by the human papilloma virus, which similarly causes warts often visible on the skin, especially on the hands...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no10.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:16:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol6no10.htm The new issue vol6no10 of otolaryngology news just released contains among others EU Consensus in Controversies in Otology, Topical Insulin and TM Perforation, High BP and IHD... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/thro.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:22:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/thro.htm Medialization thyroplasty is a surgical technique for improving voice quality, cough effort and laryngeal competence in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no1.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:57:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no1.htm The new issue vol7no1 of otolaryngology news contains among others ME and EAC Contribution to Presbycusis, NO and Pathogenesis of CRS, Nasal Obstruction and Tension Nose... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/WG.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:02:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/WG.htm Wegener's Granulomatosis, initially described by Klinger et al in 1932 as a progressive systemic disorder involving the respiratory system...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no2.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 27 Sep 2007 16:04:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no2.htm The current issue vol7no2 of otolaryngology news profiles the following among others Neural Network and SNHL in VS, Olfactory Mediator or Modulator, Tinnitus and Electrocortical Stimulation... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pcf.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 27 Sep 2007 16:09:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pcf.htm An abnormal communication between the pharynx and the skin of anterior neck is encountered in various circumstances, but commonly seen after major neck surgeries like total laryngectomy, extended total laryngectomy, laryngo-pharyngectomy with or without neck dissection...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no3.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no3.htm The current issue of otolaryngology news examines the following among others Unilateral Hearing Loss and MSO, Patulous ET and Objective Autophony, Eosinophilia and Restenosis post Lothrop... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pao.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:09:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/pao.htm Pediatric Airway Obstruction constitutes a challenge to otolaryngologists, pediatricians, as well as PICU physicians. The obstruction could involve the upper airway or the lower airway and could be congenital or acquired, and the obstruction can be fixed or dynamic...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no4.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:30:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no4.htm The current issue of otolaryngology news examines the following among others T tube and endoscopic DCR, Caloric Testing and MRV, Aminoglycosides and OHCs... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/bp.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:09:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/bp.htm Bell's palsy, first described by the Scottish anatomist Charles Bell is the most common acute mononeuropathy and most common cause of facial nerve paralysis...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no5 special.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:30:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no5 special.htm This issue of otolaryngology news examines the following among others Post XRT NPS for NPC, Exfoliative cytology vs FSB of larynx, Anosmia recovery and age... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no6.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no6.htm This is the first issue of otolaryngology news in 2008. It examines the following among others NSR and PDS foil, PNS dimension and AOM risk, AMI to replace ABI... http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/AO.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:36:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/residentsforum/AO.htm Ototoxicity - defined as the tendency of certain therapeutic agents to cause functional impairment and cellular degeneration of the inner ear and of the eighth cranial nerve - may be reversible or irreversible...Contribute to this forum http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/ENTForum/ Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:36:00 GMT http://www.otolaryngologyinafrica.net/ENTForum/ To assess the mobile edition of otorhinolaryngologyinafrica website, point your phone browser to... http://otolaryngologyinafrica.net/blogging/xml-rss2,php Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Sun, 26 Jan 2008 22:36:00 GMT http://otolaryngologyinafrica.net/blogging/xml-rss2,php You can follow up on all issues partaining to ENT in Africa blog from this feeds, Latest posting: Cell phone and the ear... http://otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no7.htm Dr 'Biodun Olusesi Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:36:00 GMT http://otolaryngologyinafrica.net/vol7no7.htm This issue of otorhinolaryngology news examined the following among others, need inner ear cells, get laser, gene mutation for hearing conservation, tumor stage, volume and NPC, ENTInAfrica Forum ...