Month: February 2012
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Deafness in Children-Operation Pictures
Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum. Myringotomy and grommet insertion is the common operation done to restore hearing, mostly in children who are suffering from conductive hearing loss. This is a procedure performed to drain the fluid in cases of middle ear effusions. Middle ear effusion or glue ear is a condition in which fluid accumulates behind the…
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Sinus Surgery-Caldwel Luc Operation Pictures
Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrm. Open approaches to the maxillary sinus were first described in the early 1700s. The well-known Caldwell-Luc operation was first described in the United States by George Walter Caldwell in 1893 and then by Henri Luc of France in 1897. Subsequent advances in the understanding of the physiologic drainage pattern of the maxillary…
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Nasal Saline Irrigation -Nasyam-Jala Neti
Nasal saline irrigation – Nasyam-Jal Neti a process of irrigating the nasal passage with saline from the left nostril to the right and vice versa. The technique is to use a small pot or a 50 ml syringe. The saline should be slightly salty and warm. The technique is to hold the head on the…