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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
A Classic Snorer's Soft Palate
Some snorers have a very long soft palate and uvula, in this situation a laser palatoplasty under local anaesthetic can be very helpful.
Tonsil stones cause discharge, bad taste, bad breath, sore throats and tonsillitis.
Tonsil stones are pieces of food and general mouth debris that lodge in cracks and holes in the tonsils. They are compressed into firm...
Blocked nose and snoring. A clinic based alternative to septoplasty.
Snoring is often due to nose blockage. Nose unblocking in the form of septoplasty can be involved and expensive. Here is an alternative idea
Laser nose unblocking of symptomatic nose septum spurs under local anaesthetic spray in clinic
Blocked nose sensation due to a septal spur treated with laser septoplasty in clinic using local anaesthetic spray. A lunchtime treatment.
Mega slug-like polyp and deviated septum. Can’t smell and can’t sleep!
The patient needs two operations. He has a large antrochoanal polyp running down the back of his nose and blocking the post nasal space...
Nose unblocking treatment using local anaesthetic laser turbinoplasty
Nose unblocking laser surgery in the clinic under local anaesthetic.
Post op turbinoplasty - opening up the nasal valve
This patient underwent holmium yag laser turbinoplasty under local anaesthetic in clinic, the aim being to reduce the inferior turbinate...
Catarrh and postnasal drip - two problems that can lead to unpleasant throat and nose clearing.
Post nasal drip and catarrh are common problems in Ear, Nose and Throat medicine.
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