The "engine room" of a multicentre geriatric otolaryngology network: data curation, quality assurance, and research readiness of the ENT Geriatric Database

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Multi-centre datasets are becoming essential for evidence-based decision-making in geriatric otolaryngology, yet their reliability depends on a transparent and reproducible process of data preparation.</p><p><strong>Aim:</strong> To present the complete "engine-room" workflow of the ENT Geriatric Database - a harmonised, anonymised multi-centre dataset - and to demonstrate how systematic data curation supports...