Advice following a general anaesthetic (ENT)
Gives you advice and information following treatment that required a general anaesthetic (i.e. you were asleep).
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Betnovate scalp application as ear drops
Advice and instructions for patients prescribed Betnovate to treat or manage an ear condition
Read moreEar drop usage (Greenlands Ward)
Instructions for patients who have to use ear drops as part of their treatment
Read moreEpistaxis (nose bleed) advice after cautery
Gives advice on preventing further bleeds and what to do if you do get a nose bleed, following cautery (treatment with silver nitrate stick to stop bleeding)
Read moreMastoid surgery
Information about ear operations which include combined approach tympanoplasty, modified radical mastoidectomy and cortical mastoidectomy
Read moreMyringoplasty / Tympanoplasty (reconstruction of the ear drum)
Explains surgery to repair a hole (perforation) in the eardrum
Read moreMyringotomy and grommet insertion aftercare advice
Advice following surgery to make a small cut in the eardrum to insert tiny tubes called grommets which act as a ventilation tube
Read moreNasal surgery (FESS etc) aftercare advice
Advice following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), septoplasty, submucous resection of the septum, middle meatal antrostomy, reduction of inferior turbinates and nasal polypectomy
Read moreNasal surgery (septorhinoplasty) aftercare advice
Advice following nasal surgery (septorhinoplasty)
Read moreNose drops - How to use them
Instructions for patients prescribed nose drops to treat or manage a condition
Read moreOssiculoplasty (middle ear surgery)
Explains a procedure to reconstruct damaged ear bones behind the ear drum
Read moreParathyroidectomy
Explains what happens when you come to the hospital for a parathyroidectomy operation - a procedure in which one, or up to four, parathyroid glands are removed
Read moreSalicylate sensitivity
Outlines what salicylate sensitivity is and gives someadvice on cutting out/down on the things that may be causing your symptoms
Read moreSalivary gland / neck surgery aftercare advice
Aftercare advice following salivary gland / neck surgery including branchial cyst / neck node biopsy
Read moreScopes aftercare advice
Aftercare advice following scopes (microlaryngoscopy, endoscopy / EUA of throat)
Read moreStapedectomy or Stapedotomy (middle ear repair)
Explains an operation to remove part of the fixed stapes bone in the middle ear and replace it with a small teflon piston
Read moreTonsil surgery (adults)
Provides some background information about tonsil surgery in adults
Read moreTonsillectomy aftercare advice
Advice following an operation to remove the tonsils (two structures at the back of the throat)
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