Category: Throat
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Removing Fish Bone from Throat
(Removal of Fish bone from a child’s throat is done under local anesthesia) If you have swallowed a fish bone there will be pain and dysphagia. And also will be drooling of saliva. Attempted removal by putting finger might have caused further damage. Chicken bone, bottle tops, bay leaf, pills, battery and coin are the…
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Microlaryngeal Surgery using Microdebrider
Microlaryngoscopy is the examination of the larynx (voice box) while the patient is under a general anaesthetic. Microlaryngoscopy is done to find and treat problems of the voice box, such as hoarseness of voice. An ENT surgeon will put a short metal tube (a laryngoscope) through the mouth into the voice box. A microscope is…
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Surgical Treatment of Snoring in India
(A patient having severe snoring and moderate sleep apnea is surgically treated by RF Coblation in Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, South India.)