Procedures

 

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I am experienced in performing the following diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in children and young people:

Outpatient Diagnostics


Otoscopy
Oto-endoscopy
Ear microscopy
Pure tone audiometry (Children over 3 years)
Tympanometry
Rigid Nasendoscopy
Flexible fibreoptic laryngoscopy
Skin Prick Allergy Tests


Outpatient Procedures

Nasal cautery
Microsuction of ear wax
Removal of nasal foreign bodies
Removal of aural foreign bodies

 

Operative Procedures


Ears
EUA Ears
Microsuction of wax
Grommet Insertion
Removal of aural foreign bodies
Removal of grommets
Excision of pre-auricular sinuses
Excision of pre-auricular skin tags
Myringoplasty/Tympanoplasty
Mastoidectomy

Nose
Endoscopic examination of nose/nasopharynx
Removal of nasal foreign bodies
Nasal cautery
Nasal fracture reduction 
Adenoidectomy
Coblation reduction of turbinates
Probing and syringing of nasolacrimal ducts (joint procedure with a Paediatric Ophthalmologist)
Submucosal resection of nasal septum
Biopsy of nasal lesions
Nasal polypectomy

Throat/Neck
Division of tongue tie
Biopsy of oral and pharyngeal lesions
Tonsillectomy/Adenotonsillectomy (Coblation technique)
Direct Laryngoscopy
Rigid Bronchoscopy
Oesophagoscopy
Excision biopsy of neck lymph nodes
Excision of Neck cysts, sinuses and fistulae
Removal of salivary calculi (stones)
Botox injection to salivary glands
Excision of submandibular gland
Parotidectomy