Month: February 2010
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Cochlear Implant-Pre op 3D CT images
Cochlear implants are electronic auditory device which is used to rehabilitate deafened persons who have lost their hair cells. They are partly worn externally and partly implanted in the ear. They provide a direct stimulation of the spiral ganglion cells of the cochlear nerve by bypassing the destroyed hair cells. Recently there has been tremendous…
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Nasal polyps-Surgical Treatment in Jubilee Hospital Trivandrum
Nasal polyps are grape like, non malignant growths on the lining of nasal passages or sinuses. Small nasal polyps may cause no problems and go unnoticed. Larger nasal polyps can block your nasal passages or sinuses and cause breathing difficulties, a loss of ones sense of smell, frequent sinus infections and other problems. Although nasal…
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Tracheostomy only the last resort for obstructive sleep apnea
IT is the ultimate OSA Cure but this is a very last resort solution. Tracheostomy is sometimes used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but only as a last resort. In Tracheostomy the surgeon creates an opening in the neck to the trachea-the windpipe; then puts a tube into the opening to let air in.…