Category: Ear
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Tongue-Tie Surgery by RF in Trivandrum India
Tongue-Tie Surgery by RF(Coblator) in Trivandrum India Tongue tie, medically called ‘ankyloglossia\’, is a birth disorder which considerably reduces the movement of the tip of the tongue and this occurs in patients whose lingual frenum is short and tight .The consequences of an untreated tongue tie can be many and varied, depending largely on the…
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Eagles Syndrome:StyloHyoid Syndrome
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Why it is called Eagle\’s Syndrome? It was Eagle in 1937 an ENT surgeon at Duke University, Watt W. Eagle, described the first cases defined as “stylalgia” secondary to calcification of the stylohyoid ligament or elongated styloid process or to mineralization of the stylohyoid…
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Laryngeal Cancer Due to Smoking: Treatment
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Smoking is the main cause of cancer of the Larynx. Smokers are about 5 to 35 times more likely to develop laryngeal cancer than non-smokers. Alcohol is another important risk factor for laryngeal cancer, and acts as a promoter of the cancer causing process.…