News and New Treatments

• • SEP 8, 2017

  The 5th London Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course 2017

  London ENT Surgeon Mr Irfan Syed is course director of the 5th London Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course 2017 to be held at St George’s Hospital, London on 13th &14th December 2017. This is a fresh frozen cadaveric dissection course using excellent quality specimens and surgical instruments to teach both basic and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery procedures. We have an outstanding faculty from around the UK with additional special guest faculty member Dr Donald Lanza from the Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida.

• • MAR 30, 2017

  Eustachian tube ballon tuboplasty – A new treatment for blocked ears

  What is the Eustachian tube? The Eustachian tube ‘ET’ is an anatomical structure connecting the middle ear cavity to the nasopharynx.

• • MAR 6, 2017

  The Voice and Care of the Professional Voice – Providing the most modern developments in voice analysis and treatment

  Here at London ENT Surgeons we use the newest and most advanced equipment to visualise the vocal folds and their movements. With high definition screens and stroboscopic equipment that slows the vibrations of your vocal folds down by a factor of 500, we can see the tiniest detail in and around the larynx that may

• • MAR 1, 2017

  New treatment in the management of sinusitis – Balloon sinuplasty revolutionising sinus disease management

  Sinus inflammation (sinusitis) significantly affects the quality of life of patients resulting in many lost days of work and impairment of social activity. Troublesome symptoms include blocked nose, nasal discharge, poor sense of smell, facial pressure/pain and excessive mucus at the back of the nose. Medical treatments include the use of saline douching and steroid

• • SEP 13, 2013

  How we investigate thyroid disease – Rapid assessment and management

  Thyroid pathology is common and includes solitary thyroid nodules, multinodulargoitres, thyrotoxicosis, thyroid cancer and thyroiditis.  Most patients attending head and neck and endocrine surgery clinics will present with solitary nodules. Patients may also present with multinodular or diffuse masses with or without compression symptoms. The clinician should aim their management strategyat determining the patient’s thyroid