Society Meetings

Programme for ORS Spring Meeting

Audi Garage, Glasgow Airport
Glasgow
30th March 2007

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0900 Council Meeting
0930 Registration

1000 – 1100 First Session

A history of disruptive snoring - is our triage evidence-based ?
Robertson S, Young D , McGarry G.W.& MacKenzie K. (Glasgow)

Non-pharmacological effects of botulinum toxin on the life quality of patients with spasmodic dysphonia
Shahram Anari, Paul Carding , Maurice Hawthorne , Jayne Deakin , Michael Drinnan (Middlesborough / Newcastle)

Quantifying the natural night to night variability in snoring severity.
RA Cathcart, D. Hamilton, M. Drinnan, JA Wilson (Newcastle)

Accuracy of Otolaryngologist-performed ultrasound for neck masses
K Badran, P Jani, L Berman (Cambridge)

Buscopan in food bolus obstruction of oesophagus: A randomised controlled single blinded study.
S Basavaraj, E.K Reddy, Dempster, KTV Reddy.

1100 COFFEE

1130 – 1230 Second Session

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Warfarin & Epistaxis
S Basavaraj, S. Duvvi, V. Korimarla, K. Reddy.

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in nasal secretions of children exposed to passive smoking
S De, JE Fenton, SD Carter, RW Clarke,AS Jones (Liverpool)

The effect of cidofovir on cellular HPV E6 level, a possible early therapeutic indicator for Respiratory Papillomatosis therapies.
Donne AJ, Hampson, L, He XT, Rothera MP, Homer JJ and Hampson IN (Manchester)

The effect of lifestyle on MHC class I expression in the upper aerodigestive tract
C.G.L.Hobbs, L.E.N.Rees, R.S.Heyderman, M.A.Birchall and M.Bailey (Birmingham/ Bristol/ Liverpool)

1230 LUNCH

1342 – 1430 Third Session

Childhood Epistaxis and Nasal Colonisation with Staphylococcus aureus
A Whymark , D Crampsey , L Fraser , P Moore , C Williams , H Kubba. (Glasgow)

Duration of Stage Transition in healthy adults – An Endoscopic Study
C McLarnon, P Leslie, M Drinnan (Carlisle/ Newcastle)

Perception of voice in the transgender client
EJM McNeill (Newcastle)

Study of the Impact of Intensive Care Admission on Vocal Function
I Nixon, S Ramsay, K MacKenzie (Glasgow)

1430 TEA

1500 – 1548 Fourth Session

Enriching the EUROQOL: does it work in ENT?
T Kunanandam, G McGarry, S Gatehouse, K MacKenzie (Glasgow)

Characterisation of voltage gated sodium channels in the mammalian central auditory pathway: a therapeutic target for the treatment of tinnitus.
A. Prasai, M. Mulheran, B. D. Grubb (Leicester)

The long-term effectiveness of antiseptic cream for recurrent epistaxis in childhood - 5 year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial
Robertson S, Kubba H. (Glasgow)

The intra-rater reliability of the Sadé and Tos staging systems of retractions of the tympanic membrane
DD Pothier, P Nankivell, GG Browning (Bath)

1600 END OF MEETING - AWARD OF THE 2007 PHILIP STELL PRIZE

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