Department of Ear, Nose & Throat/Head & Neck Surgery
Our services
We offer a broad range of specialist ENT treatments and surgery:
- Specialist Nurse-led microsuction clinic
- Daily Emergency Clinics on multiple sites
- Daily "two week wait" clinic for Urgent Referral for Suspected Head and Neck Cancer patients
- Adult and Paediatric out-patient clinics on all 3 sites
- Paediatric ENT surgery including nasal cautery, grommets, adenoidectomy, Coblation tonsillectomy, prominent ear correction, tongue-tie division
- Ear surgery including grommet insertion, endoscopic ear drum repair, ossiculoplasty, mastoid surgery
- Nose and face surgery including septoplasty, rhinoplasty, polypectomy, Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), balloon sinuplasty, Eustachian tuboplasty, excision of lumps and bumps from difficult parts of the face
- Throat surgery including tonsillectomy, laryngeal surgery, panendoscopy, pharyngeal pouch surgery, snoring surgery
- Neck surgery including thyroidectomy, parotid and other salivary gland excision, thyroglossal cyst excision, branchial cyst excision, cervical lymph node biopsy
- Some operations for cancer treatment take place at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital or at Northwick Park Hospital in line with the local cancer pathways
