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

Tonsils, tonsillitis, tonsillotomy, Tonsillectomy, sore throat, snoring, bad breath, tonsil stones.

Tonsil stones and tonsillitis treated with laser tonsillotomy under local anaesthetic spray

Tonsil stones are accumulated food and mouth debris that get stuck inside deep holes in the tonsils. As they rot they become smelly and...

Laser release of tonsil pus

JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(2):e2148655. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48655 Quite a good study, although the mean of 4 days before return...

Here is a deep crack in a tonsil. By going very close up and into the crack you can actually see debris in the bottom, which is the...

Tonsil stone treatment using laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray: those with obsession about tonsil stones need >1 treatment.

This looks like a cavity has developed inside the remnant of a general anaesthetic tonsillectomy that was already very unusual as it had...