In this section, we have leaflets for the ENT department. Please only read the materials on the advice of your clinician.
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About Conscious Sedation
Intravenous sedation involves the injection of a sedative drug into the blood system. It provides a very strong sense of relaxation and drowsiness. It is NOT a general anaesthetic.
Grommets and Adenoidectomy
Grommets are used to treat Glue Ear and help your child’s hearing. Adenoidectomy prolongs the benefit from Grommets and may also help with snoring and nasal blockage.
Paediatric Airway Endoscopy (MLB)
A paediatric airway endoscopy is also known as an MLB (abbreviation for ‘microlaryngotracheobronchoscopy’).
An MLB endoscopic procedure performed whilst your child is asleep with a general anaesthetic. It allows us to assess your child’s upper airway (including the voice box and windpipe).
Paediatric Tonsillectomy and Adenotonsillectomy
Children who suffer from frequent episodes of acute tonsillitis, sleep disordered breathing or sleep apnoea, benefit from having their tonsils, and possibly adenoids, removed.
Pinnaplasty
TThe operation will be done from behind the ear, with no scars visible from the front.
There will be some fine small sutures on the back of the ear; these will dissolve in due course. The ears will be protected by a dressing and head-bandage which will be removed at the post-operative outpatient appointment a week after the operation.
