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Plain-language guides to the most common ENT operations: who needs them, how they are done, recovery instructions, risks, and answers to common myths.
Endoscopic septoplasty
A deviated septum is a bend in the thin wall of cartilage and bone that divides the two sides of the nose. Endoscopic septoplasty straightens it from inside the nose, with no cut or scar on the face.
Read the guideNoseEndoscopic turbinoplasty
Turbinates are ridges inside the nose that warm and moisten the air you breathe. When they swell permanently, often from allergy or chronic sinusitis, they block the nose. Turbinoplasty reduces their size while keeping them working.
Read the guideNoseFunctional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)
FESS treats chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps that have not settled with medicines. It opens the natural drainage pathways of the sinuses through the nose, with no cut on the face.
Read the guideThroatTonsillectomy
The tonsils are two pads of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat. Removing them can end repeated throat infections and help children and adults who snore or stop breathing in their sleep.
Read the guideChildrenCoblation adenoidectomy
Adenoids are lymphoid tissue at the back of the nose. When they are enlarged, a child breathes through the mouth, snores and gets ear and sinus problems. Coblation adenoidectomy removes them gently through the mouth.
Read the guideEarMyringotomy with grommets
A grommet is a tiny tube placed in the eardrum. It lets fluid drain and air enter the middle ear, which relieves pressure, improves hearing and reduces ear infections.
Read the guideEarEndoscopic tympanoplasty
Tympanoplasty repairs a hole in the eardrum and treats chronic middle ear disease. Using an endoscope, it is done through the ear canal, usually without a cut behind the ear.
Read the guideEarCortical mastoidectomy
The mastoid is the honeycomb of air cells in the bone behind the ear. Cortical mastoidectomy removes infected or diseased air cells to clear chronic infection, and is often combined with eardrum or hearing bone repair.
Read the guideHead & neckThyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy removes part or all of the thyroid gland in the neck. It treats goitre, suspicious nodules, overactive thyroid and thyroid cancer.
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