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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Hard to believe this hole is not the cause of tonsil stones
Tonsil stones, tonsillitis.
Hard to believe this is just impacted food.
It looks more like a tooth coming out of the right tonsil in this man. However the treatment is the same, laser vapourise it right back...
Tonsil stones. Again. It seems a common problem without an easy solution. But there is one.
Tonsil stones may need more than one laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray to completely eradicate them.
Tonsil stone treatment
Tonsil stones appear on the tonsil surface. They form from food which gets jammed into holes and crevices on the tonsil surface.
Tonsil stones treated by local anaesthetic spray laser tonsillectomy
Tonsil stones can be well treated by laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray.
Tonsil stones can be quite deep in the tonsil, so you sometimes have to look hard.
Tonsil stones are sometimes quite deep within the tonsil.
Tonsil stones. Smelly white lumps that form in the tonsils. Patients don't like them!
Tonsil stones, tonsillitis
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