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Ear Nose and Throat Surgery Research

The Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is founded on the idea of academic and surgical excellence in otorhinolaryngologic surgery and management of these conditions. Our surgeons have a diverse range of interests and specialise in multiple areas including head and neck surgical oncology, rhinology, anterior and lateral skull base surgery and otology including cochlear implantation. Our department is committed to an evidence-based approach to patient education and appropriate care, the department strives to further the field through high quality research.

Selected Grants

Amount awarded Grant and project details
$88,600 Grace Kathleen Fanton Bequest Research Grant, 2022-2026
Bridging the Gap: A Comparative Study Between a Mouse Model of Endolymphatic Hydrops and Human Meniere’s Disease
Investigators: Camp A, Mukherjee P, Creber N.

Our Publications

2023

Argaet EC, Kwok BYC, Bradley J, Young AS, Nham B, Calic Z, Taylor RL, Pogson JM, Reid N, Kong JHK, Flanagan S, Halmagyi GM, Rosengren SM, Welgampola MS. Subjective visual horizontal correlates better with ocular than with cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Aug;152:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2023.04.011. Epub 2023 May 12.
Campbell RG, Auyeung T, Katsoulotos GP. Pulmonology for the rhinologist. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb 1;32(1):20-27. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000944. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
Campbell RG, Douglas RG, Zadro J, Gamble A, Chan CL, Mackey MG, Pappas E. Don't Just Stand There. Rethinking the Ideal Body Posture for Otorhinolaryngologists. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2024 Mar;133(3):355-362. doi: 10.1177/00034894231214035. Epub 2023 Dec 3.
Fung YY, Chung D, Clark JR, Low TH, Palme CE, Wykes J, Elliott MS. Comparative analysis of pre-operative ultrasound and histopathology in small papillary thyroid carcinoma in the era of active surveillance. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Apr;93(4):902-906. doi: 10.1111/ans.18353. Epub 2023 Feb 28.
Jafari A, Adappa ND, Anagnos VJ, Campbell RG, Castelnuovo P, Chalian A, Chambers CB, Chitguppi C, Dallan I, El Rassi E, Freitag SK, Fernandez Miranda JC, Ferreira M Jr, Gardner PA, Gudis DA, Harvey RJ, Huang Q, Humphreys IM, Kennedy DW, Lee JYK, Lehmann AE, Locatelli D, McKinney KA, Moreau A, Nyquist G, Palmer JN, Prepageran N, Pribitkin EA, Rabinowitz MR, Rosen MR, Sacks R, Sharma D, Snyderman CH, Tonya Stefko S, Stokken JK, Wang EW, Workman AD, Wu AW, Yu JY, Zhang MM, Zhou B, Bleier BS. Orbital resection by intranasal technique (ORBIT): A new classification system for reporting endoscopically resectable primary benign orbital tumors. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 Oct;13(10):1852-1863. doi: 10.1002/alr.23141. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Kwok BYC, Young AS, Kong JHK, Birman CS, Flanagan S, Greenberg SL, Gibson WP, Argaet EC, Fratturo L, Pogson JM, Taylor RL, Rosengren SM, Halmagyi GM, Welgampola MS. Post Cochlear Implantation Vertigo: Ictal Nystagmus and Audiovestibular Test Characteristics. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jan 1;45(1):65-74. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000004037. Epub 2023 Oct 14.
Manzie T, Howes D, Leinkram D, Fleming S, Clark JR, Dunn M, Elliott M, Low TH. Virtual surgical planning for combined nasal, dental and maxillary reconstruction with the prefabricated fibula flap. Oral Oncol. 2023 Jan;136:106264. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2022.106264. Epub 2022 Nov 28.
Osie G, Darbari Kaul R, Alvarado R, Katsoulotos G, Rimmer J, Kalish L, Campbell RG, Sacks R, Harvey RJ. A Scoping Review of Artificial Intelligence Research in Rhinology. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2023 Jul;37(4):438-448. doi: 10.1177/19458924231162437. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
Papanikolas MJ, Hurrell MJL, Clark JR, Low TH, Ch'ng S, Elliott MS, Palme CE, Wykes J. Anterolateral thigh, radial forearm and superficial circumflex iliac perforator flaps in oral reconstruction: a comparative analysis. ANZ J Surg. 2023 May;93(5):1335-1340. doi: 10.1111/ans.18239. Epub 2023 Jan 11.
Png LH, Kalish L, Campbell RG, Seresirikachorn K, Albrecht T, Raji N, Choy C, Rimmer J, Earls P, Sacks R, Harvey RJ. Predictors of persistent disease in biologic treated type 2 diffuse/eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis undergoing surgery. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 May;14(5):909-918. doi: 10.1002/alr.23282. Epub 2023 Oct 8.
Rom D, Sit A, Alvarado R, Earls P, Rimmer J, Campbell R, Kalish L, Sacks R, Harvey RJ. Bacterial colonization differences between central compartment atopic disease and eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 Oct;13(10):1978-1981. doi: 10.1002/alr.23155. Epub 2023 Mar 23.
Seresirikachorn K, Png LH, Kondo M, Kalish L, Campbell RG, Alvarado R, Harvey RJ. Endoscopic-Modified Medial Maxillectomy for the Nonfunctioning Maxillary Sinus. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2023 Sep;37(5):611-615. doi: 10.1177/19458924231175848. Epub 2023 May 14.
Seresirikachorn K, Sit A, Png LH, Kalish L, Campbell RG, Alvarado R, Harvey RJ. Carolyn's Window Approach to Unilateral Frontal Sinus Surgery. Laryngoscope. 2023 Oct;133(10):2496-2501. doi: 10.1002/lary.30569. Epub 2023 Jan 18.
Sit A, Alvarado R, Earls P, Rimmer J, Kalish L, Campbell R, Sewell W, Harvey RJ. CCAD or eCRS: Defining Eosinophilic Subpopulations in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2023 Jul;37(4):402-409. doi: 10.1177/19458924231155012. Epub 2023 Feb 5.
Sit A, Seresirikachorn K, Zhang AS, Mangussi-Gomes J, Kanjanawasee D, Png LH, Kalish L, Campbell RG, Alvarado R, Harvey RJ. Recreating the microscopic direct access Draf 2a frontal sinusotomy in the endoscopic era and comparison to an angled instrument approach. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Dec;280(12):5353-5361. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08098-3. Epub 2023 Jul 7.
Treble A, Do T, Sarkis L, Newey A, Naidoo SY, Saxby A, Kong J, Patel NP, Jufas N. Caution in Transnasal Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube: Middle Ear Penetration of Catheter Tip in a Cadaveric Model. Otol Neurotol. 2023 Mar 1;44(3):241-245. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003802. Epub 2023 Jan 8.
Wise SK, Damask C, Roland LT, Ebert C, Levy JM, Lin S, Luong A, Rodriguez K, Sedaghat AR, Toskala E, Villwock J, Abdullah B, Akdis C, Alt JA, Ansotegui IJ, Azar A, Baroody F, Benninger MS, Bernstein J, Brook C, Campbell R, Casale T, Chaaban MR, Chew FT, Chambliss J, Cianferoni A, Custovic A, Davis EM, DelGaudio JM, Ellis AK, Flanagan C, Fokkens WJ, Franzese C, Greenhawt M, Gill A, Halderman A, Hohlfeld JM, Incorvaia C, Joe SA, Joshi S, Kuruvilla ME, Kim J, Klein AM, Krouse HJ, Kuan EC, Lang D, Larenas-Linnemann D, Laury AM, Lechner M, Lee SE, Lee VS, Loftus P, Marcus S, Marzouk H, Mattos J, McCoul E, Melen E, Mims JW, Mullol J, Nayak JV, Oppenheimer J, Orlandi RR, Phillips K, Platt M, Ramanathan M Jr, Raymond M, Rhee CS, Reitsma S, Ryan M, Sastre J, Schlosser RJ, Schuman TA, Shaker MS, Sheikh A, Smith KA, Soyka MB, Takashima M, Tang M, Tantilipikorn P, Taw MB, Tversky J, Tyler MA, Veling MC, Wallace D, Wang Y, White A, Zhang L. International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Allergic rhinitis - 2023. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 Apr;13(4):293-859. doi: 10.1002/alr.23090. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
Wong EH, Cavada MN, Orgain CA, Grayson JW, Alvarado R, Campbell RG, Harvey R, Sacks R, Kalish LH. The Modified Medial Maxillectomy as a Radical or Extended,-yet Still Functional,-Technique in Sinus Surgery. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2023 Jul;37(4):476-484. doi: 10.1177/19458924231168219. Epub 2023 Apr 19.
Zhang AS, Jonker BP, Morris CL, Campbell RG, Alvarado R, Winder M, Sacks R, Seresirikachorn K, Harvey RJ. Endoscopic Endonasal Biopsy for Diagnosis of Undifferentiated Lesions of the Cavernous Sinus. World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul;175:e391-e396. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.103. Epub 2023 Mar 31.
Zhang M, Phung D, Gupta R, Wykes J, Wu R, Lee J, Elliott M, Palme CE, Clark J, Low TH. Persisting facial nerve palsy or trigeminal neuralgia - red flags for perineural spread of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (HNcSCC). ANZ J Surg. 2023 Oct;93(10):2394-2401. doi: 10.1111/ans.18625. Epub 2023 Jul 23.