Patient Information
This patient information is useful before consultations and if thinking about surgery
Common conditions.
I have included information about common operations including the alternatives to surgery, the indications and some of the technical details
For post operative queries please look at theses pages as many of your questions can be answered here. If you wish you can call the office and talk to Bernie who has access to the same information. The ward staff can often answer simple queries. Out of hours you can call the on call duty sister who will contact me or a colleague if I am away.
Postoperative queries
Specialist Conditions
Airway
Laryngomalacia is the commonest cause of stridor in children. Parts of the voicebox collapse on breathing in causing a noise and difficulty breathing
Tracheomalacia is rarer and is collapse of the windpipe (trachea)
Neck lumps
Includes:
Branchial sinus and Pre auricular sinus
