Category: Ear
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Snoring And Sleep Apnea:Is it Hereditary?
(Patient who is a familial snorer is being treated by surgery in Jubilee Hospital Trivandrum Kerala India. All his immediate family members are loud snorers. His father probably died of complications from OSA, ie, high BP,heart failure and stroke at the age of 40.) Snoring can be hereditary issue that is a result of narrow…
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Deafness in Children:Glue Ear and Myringotomy
Hearing loss due to recurrent otitis media with effusion is common in children.This causes conductive hearing loss.If no improvement after medical treatment, a small surgical procedure -Myringotomy is done.A small incision will be made in the ear drum. If there is sticky thick fluid in the space behind the ear drum (middle ear), this will…
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Pediatric ENT Anesthesia
Pediatric ENT anesthesia needs good experience and skill from the anesthetist as it is always a challenge to put a child in to sleep for surgery. Children requiring anesthesia for surgery on the ear, nose or throat (ENT) account for a large proportion of the pediatric anesthetic workload in any hospital. One third of all…