THE ENT BLOG

Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery

Tonsil stones cause discharge, bad taste, bad breath, sore throats and tonsillitis.

Tonsil stones are pieces of food and general mouth debris that lodge in cracks and holes in the tonsils. They are compressed into firm...

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.

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.

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.