Nasal Diseases and Surgery
Rhinology
- Septoplasty (Straightening the Nasal Septum)The operation that straightens a crooked wall inside the nose. Who needs it, how it is done, and what recovery is like.
- Deviated SeptumA crooked wall inside the nose. Who should be examined for it, how it is repaired without packing, and what happens if it is left.
- Endoscopic Sinus SurgerySurgery inside the nose that opens blocked sinuses. When it is needed, how the endoscope is used, and what recovery involves.
- Turbinate ReductionEnlarged turbinates block the nose. What makes them swell, which treatments help, and how the reduction is done.
- Endoscopic Tear Duct SurgeryFor a watering eye caused by a blocked tear duct. How the endoscopic operation works and why it needs no cut on the face.
- Endoscopic Repair of a Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakClear fluid running from one nostril can be brain fluid. Why it is serious, how the leak is found, and how it is closed through the nose.
- Endoscopic (Transsphenoidal) Pituitary SurgeryReaching the pituitary gland through the nostril. Why the route through the nose causes less damage, and which teams work together.
- Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever)What triggers allergic rhinitis, what it feels like, how it is diagnosed, and the order of treatments from avoidance to surgery.
- Nosebleed (Epistaxis)Front and back nosebleeds, what causes them, how to stop one correctly, and when a nosebleed means you must see a doctor.
- Sinusitis in ChildrenWhy children get sinusitis, what it does to school and sleep, how it is diagnosed without endoscopy, and the right age for surgery.
Advanced operations through the nose
The nasal cavity is like a corridor that reaches the base of the skull. The surgeon moves along it with an endoscope and does three different operations without a single cut on the outside.
- Pituitary gland surgeryThe surgeon reaches the pituitary gland below the brain through the nostril. The skull stays closed and the face keeps no scar.
- Repair of a cerebrospinal fluid leakClear fluid from the nose is a serious sign. The surgeon closes the leaking hole from inside the nose.
- Tear sac surgeryA blocked duct can lie behind an eye that waters all the time. The surgeon opens the duct from inside the nose and makes no cut on the eyelid.
- Nostril. The mouth of the corridor. The endoscope enters here and nothing outside is cut.
- Turbinates. Breath passes through here. When the turbinates grow, the passage narrows and snoring starts.
- Pituitary gland. The gland sits just below the brain. The corridor ends here.