Submit an Abstract.

Free paper sessions will take place throughout the meeting.

At the BAPO Annual meeting 2026, there will be free presentation sessions on both days. Each presentation will be for 4 minutes and 1 minute for questions. There will be 20 oral presentations as well as posters.

Abstract submissions are now invited online. We are using Oxford Abstracts for submissions. Please note, you need to login or sign up to Oxford Abstracts to submit – it is a straightforward process.

Abstracts must be submitted by midnight on 24th June 2026. Submitters can indicate whether they prefer an oral presentation or poster presentation, however the final decision will be taken by the BAPO Scientific Committee.

We are accepting abstracts in the following categories:

  • Paediatric Airway
  • Paediatric Head & Neck
  • Paediatric Otology
  • Paediatric Rhinology
  • General
  • Innovation/ Education

Submitting an abstract

Abstracts should be prepared as follows. A maximum word limit of 250 words (excluding title, authors and references) will be strictly enforced. If the word count is found to be greater than this, the abstract will be rejected outright, without further consideration. Abstracts should be structured, with subheadings Introduction,

Methods, Results, Conclusion.

First author must present the paper.

Please ensure you supply all author details for your submission to be marked as complete.

Please note that abstracts must be unpublished and must not have been presented previously at a national meeting in the UK.

BAPOJ Research Grant

We are also inviting submissions for the BAPOJ research grant through this portal (You must be a BAPOJ member – you can join here. This BAPO Grant of up to £1500 towards funding a paediatric otorhinolaryngology based research project will be awarded at BAPO 2026. Those successfully shortlisted will be invited to present their proposal at the September Annual meeting in front of a panel of judges and be prepared to “pitch perfect” for a chance of winning the prize.

Please submit a proposal max 250 words detailing your research project and how you would use the £1500 grant if you were successful.

Ready to join us?

Pop-up Presentations Session 6

O6.1 Endoscopic vs External Paediatric DCR: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Rohan Pinto; Grace Khong

O6.2 Paediatric one stop neck lump clinic: A pilot service evaluation
Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Gyanesh Sethi; Nicola Stobbs; Christopher NG

O6.3 Predictors of Recurrence Following Nasal Dermoid Sinus Cysts Excision: A 13-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, United Kingdom
Arshad Zubair; Dillan Shetty; Ravi Sharma; Grace Khong

O6.4 DigiBel: A Pilot Evaluation of a Web-Based, Child-Friendly Audiometry App for Detecting Conductive Hearing Loss
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom; Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Rachael Collins; Tamsin Holland-Brown

O6.5 BapoGPT: Artificial Intelligence Versus ENT UK for Patient and Parent Information
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Dalton Barham; William Greenough

Pop-up Presentations Session 5

O5.1 Dynamic Four-Dimensional CT in the Evaluation of Paediatric Tracheobronchomalacia: A Ten-Year Single-Centre Retrospective Review
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Sophie Bondje; Elizabeth Maughan; Colin Butler

O5.2 Microlaryngobronchoscopy in Children with Recurrent Croup: Are We Performing Too Many?
Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Mohammad Ghunaim; Imogen Seago; Chloe Swords

O5.3 Cumulative corticosteroid exposure in paediatric subglottic stenosis
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Chloe Swords; Mohammad Ghunaim; Chong Kang; Nico Jonas; Jessica Bewick

O5.4 Transitioning adolescent tracheostomy patients to adult care: A national survey of current practice
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Bay Hill; Yasmine Kamhieh; Julie Bickel; Andrew Hall

O5.5 Multidisciplinary Paediatric Airway Guide and Simulation Training
University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Sarah Humphries; Isabella Atherley; Thomas Geyton

Pop-up Presentations Session 4

O4.1 Higher Revision Adenoidectomy Rates in Afro-Caribbean Children Compared with the General Paediatric Population: A Five-Year Tertiary Centre Review
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
Amna Qamar; Ilan Elango; Harrypal Panesar; Ciba Paul

O4.2 Should day-case adenotonsillectomy criteria be expanded to allow for the growing childhood obesity epidemic? A retrospective review of 99 children undergoing adenotonsillectomy with weight over 98th centile.
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, United Kingdom
Aisling Clarke; Gavin Donaldson; Conor Jackson; Keith Trimble

O4.3 Paediatric ENT litigation in England: a retrospective analysis of NHS Resolution claims notified 2018–2023
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Foteini Stefania Koumpa; Talisa Ross; Annakan Navaratnam; Su De

O4.4 Does Clot Size Matter? Rethinking Anticoagulation Duration in Paediatric Otogenic Sinus Thrombosis
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sara Mahmood; Randa Ghazal-Asswad; Kristin Bryce; Sunil Sharma

O4.5 Do patients require ongoing medication for drooling despite salivary gland surgery?
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mohammad Ghunaim; Chloe Swords; Chong Kang; Nico Jonas; Jessica Bewick

Pop-up Presentations Session 3

O3.1 Preliminary Safety and Efficacy of AK-OTOF Gene Therapy for Otoferlin Gene (OTOF)-mediated Hearing Loss
Eli Lilly and Company
Brian Lin; on behalf of the AK-OTOF-101 trial

O3.2 Paediatric Eustachian Tube Balloon Dilatation: The First UK Experience
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Emma Hogg; Grace Khong; Sunil Sharma

O3.3 Patterns and Predictors of Hearing Aid Rejection in Paediatric Patients: A Single-Centre Experience
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Dickson Dewantoro; Yeshua Mirani; Timothy Davies; Oliver Little; Sunil Sharma

O3.4 Beyond Drainage: Tympanic Membrane Perforation upon Presentation as a Major Risk Factor for Complications in Pediatric Mastoiditis
Shamir medical center, Zerifin, Israel
Ofer Israel; Itai Asher; Jacob Pitaro; Rona Bourla; Yael Garti; Haim Gavriel; Yuval Mizrakly

O3.5 Paediatric SENTIO™ Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Implant: Our Tertiary ENT Paediatric Experience
Alder Hey Children’s, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Emma Hogg; Dickson Dewantoro; Kristin Bryce; Timothy Davies; Oliver Little; Sujata De; Sunil Sharma

BAPOJ Research Prize 2026

BAPOJ1: Developing novel materials for paediatric tracheostomy tube design
Josh Law; Jennifer Olsen; Jason Powell

BAPOJ2: Are sterile drapes and gowns necessary for all paediatric ENT operations? Assessing the exposure of bodily fluids during adenotonsillectomy procedures
Chee Yen Soon; Henry Dunne; Chong Yi Kang

BAPOJ3: Who Progresses? Phenotyping Long-Term Audiological Trajectories Following Newborn Hearing Screening
Chloe Swords; Mohammad Ghunaim; Chong Kang; Nico Jonas; Jessica Bewick