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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.
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...
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.
A tonsillitis sufferer until a single laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic sorted it out:
Laser tonsillectomy for tonsillitis
Nose unblocking treatment using local anaesthetic laser turbinoplasty
Nose unblocking laser surgery in the clinic under local anaesthetic.
Post Nasal Drip - a common problem but poorly diagnosed
White streaks of mucopus coming down from the natural sinus drainage points and reservoiring in the post nasal space before dropping into...
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