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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Snoring #6. What can be done about it? A daily series of blogs by Mike Dilkes, ENT-laser.
Snoring treatment, surgical and non surgical. Snoring can always be eradicated, it just depends on how far you want to go.
Snoring #5. What can be done about it? A daily series of blogs by Mike Dilkes, ENT-laser.
Laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray for snoring treatment. A lunchtime procedure that can be very effective.
A large tonsil stone in the right tonsil. Tonsillitis and ear pressure are associated.
Tonsil stones, tonsillitis, bad taste, bad breath. All part of the spectrum of disease caused by the palatine tonsils. Laser tonsillectomy.
Tonsils with deep crevices and holes, plus underlying chronic tonsillitis. Not healthy.
Tonsil problems treated by sequential intracapsular laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray in clinic.
Not all white lumps in the tonsil are tonsil stones.
White lumps in the tonsil
Multiple tonsil stones causing a bad taste and the impression of bad breath.
Tonsil stones treated with laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray in clinic.
Laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic may still leave tonsil stones needing a second procedure
Second stage laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray required
Tonsil stones form in crypts and holes in the tonsil. Here is one that is beginning to form.
Tonsil stones and tonsillitis can be treated under local anaesthetic spray using the carbon dioxide laser in clinic. A lunchtime procedure.
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