Conditions treated and procedures offered

My clinical practice includes all aspects of adult and paediatric general ENT, including the management of tonsillitis, obstructive sleep apnoea and glue ear. Some of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures I perform are listed below.

I have particular expertise in the management of ear and nose conditions. These include: hearing loss, ear infections, middle ear disease, tinnitus, dizziness, as well as nasal obstruction, sinus infections and allergies.

Whatever your ear, nose, or throat problem, I am here to help.

Ear

Microscopic examination of the ear (in clinic)

Dewaxing/microsuction/wax removal

Removal of foreign body from ear

Epley manoeuvre (for treatment of BPPV)

Examination under anaesthetic

Grommet insertion (for treatment of glue ear, retraction pockets or Eustachian tube dysfunction)

Long-term grommet insertion

Myringoplasty (to repair a hole in the eardrum)

Middle ear and mastoid surgery (eg for treatment of cholesteatoma)

Canalplasty and meatoplasty (to widen the ear canal or its opening, or to remove exostoses/osteomas)

Ossiculoplasty (to reconstruct the hearing bones)

Stapedotomy (for treatment of otosclerosis)

Transtympanic injections (as treatment for Meniere’s, or sensorineural hearing loss)

Pre-auricular sinus/skin tag excision

Ear canal lesion excision

Pinnaplasty/otoplasty (to reduce the protrusion of the ears)

Nose

Flexible nasendoscopy (in clinic - to examine the nose)

Removal of foreign body from nose

Manipulation of fractured nose

Nasal lesion excision

Nasal cautery (in clinic and under anaesthetic - to stop nose bleeds)

Septoplasty (to straighten the midline partition and unblock the nose)

Turbinate reduction (to unblock the nose)

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (to open up the sinuses to improve drainage/ventilation)

Nasal polypectomy (to remove nose polyps)

Endoscopic Sphenopalatine Artery Ligation (to stop nose bleeds)

Antral washouts

Diagnostic biopsies

Excision of Thornwaldt cysts

Excision of Inverted Papillomas

Septal button insertion (to occlude a septal hole)

Throat

Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy (in clinic - to examine the nose and throat, including vocal cords)

Tonsillectomy (child or adult - by coblation or bipolar dissection)

Adenoidectomy

Division of tongue tie