Category: Microdebrider Surgery
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Microdebrider Assisted Turbinoplasty in India
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Microdebrider Assisted Turbinoplasty Hypertrophy of inferior turbinate is a frequent cause of chronic nasal obstruction. The hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates may be due to various causes including allergic reaction, vasomotor rhinitis or drug-induced rhinitis called rhinitis medicamentosa. A surgical reduction of turbinates becomes…
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Packing the Sinus
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India After Sinus Surgery,(Caldwel Luc and FESS) the antrum is packed with a Foleys catheter inflated with 20 ml Saline, the Nasal cavity is packed with Merocel.Both the packs are removed after 24 hrs.
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Microdebrider Surgery in ENT.Jubilee Hospital Trivandrum
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS DLO, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The microdebrider, a powered rotary dissection device with suction assistance, is designed to remove hard and soft tissue as well as minimize trauma. For decades, this device was used in orthopedic surgery, now it is being used in ENT surgery for the last one…