Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery

Tonsil stones and tonsillitis treated with laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray. A lunchtime procedure.

Blocked nose treatment in clinic

The treatment of blocked noses can be difficult as some are resistant to the usual steroid, antihistamine or anticholinergic sprays. Sometimes there is a significant bend in the nasal septum which needs surgery. Often though it is the inferior turbinate which blocks the breathing channel at the front of the nose. This can be quite easily treated by shrinking back the turbinate using the Holmium YAG laser turbinoplasty procedure with one i

Big tonsils may need laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray on more than one occasion to properly eradicate symptoms.

White lumps in the throat

White lumps in the tonsil