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Laser Tonsillectomy
The laser tonsillectomy technique is intended for patients suffering from chronic conditions of tonsillitis or from abnormally large sized tonsils. This technically advanced procedure aims at reducing the size of the tonsils and improving the conditions of patients without actually having to undergo any surgeries that involve cutting or making incisions. The surgical process employs state-of-the-art laser technology as the core element of the procedure. What is Laser Tonsillectomy used for? Laser tonsillect...
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Tonsillectomy
Tonsillectomy is a surgical process which is employed to remove the affected tonsils from a person suffering from tonsillitis. The methods adopted for the removal of the tonsils depend on the severity of the tonsillitis and the anatomy of the patient. Most doctors recommend conducting tonsillectomy in the following scenarios: If a patient is affected with serious or “non-responsive-to-medicine” conditions of tonsillitis If the person gets infected about six or more times within a year In childre...
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Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery or FESS for short is a medical term given to an operation that is recommended for patients suffering from severe or difficult-to-treat conditions of sinusitis. It combines the use of endoscopes and CT scan techniques to diagnose and treat sinusitis. FESS is one of the many approaches applied to cure sinusitis. The type of the surgical technique that needs to be adopted depends on which part the patient has been affected with sinusitis. Diagnosis for the FE...
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Microscopic Ear Surgery
Perforations in the ear drum, a common problem among children, occur due to an infection or as a result of an injury. Drainage from the ear or bloody discharges are symptoms of a perforated ear. In such cases, an ENT specialist would probably recommend a microscopic ear surgery. One such common surgery of this kind is the Tympanoplasty, also called “eardrum repair”, which is conducted to reconstruct a perforated eardrum or repair the small bones found in the middle of the ear. The procedure is performed under l...
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Balloon Sinuplasty
Certain patients get affected with chronic conditions of sinusitis while some others do not even respond to medications prescribed for sinusitis. During such cases, ENT surgeons recommend a “safe and effective” surgical procedure called Balloon Sinuplasty or BSP. The surgery was first introduced in 2005 by Acclarent, Inc., a US based technology developing company for the ENT medical field. This is a common and non-invasive surgical process for patients seeking relief from the painful chronic symptoms...
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Sinus Surgeries
A sinusitis surgery is basically done to employ sophisticated procedures involving the opening of nasal cavities to remove the sinuses and to rectify the anatomical abnormalities of the nasal structure during recurring events of sinusitis. The surgery may also be conducted to create a common cavity for drainage and to ventilate the cavities. There have been recorded improvements with more than 85% of people affected with sinusitis following this surgery worldwide. A sinusitis surgery may be required by a p...