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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Partial tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy for adult tonsil disease. It must be the way forward.
Problems with the tonsils are well accounted for in this blog. The old fashioned extra capsular tonsillectomy cannot be justified in all...
Tonsil Stones
People do not like tonsil stones for two main reasons. Firstly they are comprised of debris from the mouth, including dead cells,...


Tonsil stones - how to treat them and how to permanently cure them
Tonsil stones - how to treat them and how to permanently cure them. Simple techniques to ameliorate or eradicate them.
Snoring #7. What can be done about it? A daily series of blogs by Mike Dilkes, ENT-laser.
Snoring treatment is multidisciplinary, CPAP can be very effective when tolerated by the patient.
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.
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