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Articles on the questions asked most often in clinic. Each carries its review date and author.
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Nose
Why an ENT Surgeon for Rhinoplasty?
The nasal valve, the narrowest point of the nose, shapes both breathing and appearance. Aesthetic planning needs an airway assessment.
Nose
Deviated Septum: When Is Surgery Needed?
A deviated septum is very common and most cause no symptoms at all. The decision rests on how much daily life is affected, not on what the scan shows.
Nose
Rhinoplasty Recovery: What to Expect, Week by Week
When does the splint come off, when does bruising fade, when can you go back to work, and when is the result final? A realistic timeline.
Ear
Sudden Hearing Loss: Why Waiting Is the Worst Decision
Hearing loss developing suddenly in one ear is an emergency. The window in which treatment works is the first two weeks.
Ear
Dizziness and Loose Ear Crystals (BPPV)
For BPPV, the commonest cause of dizziness, the guidelines argue against drug treatment. The correct treatment takes a few minutes in the clinic.
ENT
Chronic Sinusitis: When Does Surgery Come Up?
The 2025 guidelines dropped the mandatory drug protocol before surgery. What FESS actually does, and what the evidence on balloon sinuplasty says.
Nose
Enlarged Turbinates and Radiofrequency Reduction
Turbinates are not surplus tissue. They warm and humidify the air, which is why modern surgery reduces their volume instead of removing them.
ENT
Snoring and Apnoea: What Nasal Surgery Solves
Nasal surgery alone does not cure sleep apnoea. But it markedly improves CPAP tolerance, and for most patients that is the real fix.
Paediatric ENT
Adenoids and Tonsils: When Is Surgery Needed?
Not every large tonsil is removed and not every snoring child needs surgery. The thresholds the guidelines set, and how large the benefit really is.
Nose
What is the difference between septoplasty and rhinoplasty?
One is for breathing, the other for appearance. Most patients need both.
Recovery
Is packing used after nose surgery?
The old packing types have largely been abandoned. What is used now, and why.
Nose
What changes in revision rhinoplasty?
Why a second operation is planned differently, and where the cartilage comes from.
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