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  2. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    to remove tonsil - used at the end to minimize bleeding •Krause's nasal snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Glegg's nasal polyp snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Aural snare: used to remove aural polyps: Tonsil knife: used in tonsillectomy.incission of anterior pillar of tonsil in the beginning of operation Yorke's tonsil haemostatic clamp

  3. Empty nose syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [3] [1] Whether the condition existed or not and whether surgery was a cause, was hotly debated at Nose 2000, a meeting of the International Rhinologic Society that occurs every four years, and continued to be debated thereafter at scientific meetings and in the literature; [3] [26] as an example of how heated the debate became, in a 2002 ...

  4. Nasal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Nasal surgery is a specialty including the removal of nasal obstruction that cannot be achieved by medication and nasal reconstruction. Currently, it comprises four approaches, namely rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, and turbinoplasty, targeted at different sections of the nasal cavity in the order of their external to internal positions.

  5. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery - Wikipedia

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    Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a procedure that is used to treat sinusitis and other conditions that affect the sinuses.Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses that can cause symptoms such as congestion, headaches, and difficulty breathing through the nose.

  6. Balloon sinuplasty - Wikipedia

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    Once access to a blocked sinus is confirmed, a balloon catheter is advanced over the guide wire and positioned in the blocked sinus opening for inflation. The balloon is inflated. The entire procedure takes around 31 minutes and if the procedure is successful, the sinus will remain open after the balloon is deflated and removed for up to 24 months.

  7. Nasal polyp - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic sinus surgery is minimally-invasive and is done entirely through the nostril with the help of a camera. Surgery should be considered for those with complete nasal obstruction, uncontrolled runny nose, nasal deformity caused by polyps or continued symptoms despite medical management. [7] Surgery serves to remove the polyps as well as ...

  8. Antral lavage - Wikipedia

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    3) The ability to obtain cultures at the time of lavage, when clinically warranted or indicated by CT-scan evidence. 4) Avoiding the need for exposure to radiation, as fluorescence is used in its stead. 5) Lack of interference in anatomy. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) is one of the newer modalities in treatment of Chronic Sinusitis ...

  9. Rhinolith - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic Removal of Stone. A rhinolith (from rhino- 'nose' and -lith 'stone') is a stone present in the nasal cavity . It is an uncommon medical phenomenon, not to be confused with dried nasal mucus .