ENT surgery: procedures performed by Dr Delagranda
Specific ENT surgeries include operations on the ears, sinuses, cavum, larynx and hypopharynx. They can only be performed by an ENT surgeon.
Below is a summary of the ENT surgery performed by Dr Antoine Delagranda, an ENT surgeon in La Roche-sur-Yon in the Vendée. Please click to see the detailed page for each procedure.
Tonsil and vegetation surgery
Tonsil and vegetation surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery that includes adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy. The main aims of these operations are to improve nasal breathing, reduce otitis, reduce angina, improve snoring, limit or even stop sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA), facilitate the work of orthodontists and reduce the length of meals. Adenoidectomies are mainly performed on children, and tonsillectomies on children and adults.
Ear surgery
Ear surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery that essentially covers the following procedures: paracentesis, transtympanic aerators or drains, myringoplasty, tympanoplasty, otosclerosis. The aim is to improve hearing, reduce the number of ear infections, avoid the complications of cholesteatoma (vertigo, facial paralysis, meningitis, cophosis, deafness) and allow bathing by closing tympanic perforations. They concern both adults and children.
ENT cancer surgery
Cancer surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery, which essentially covers the following procedures: total laryngectomy, partial laryngectomy, suspension laryngoscopy, laser treatment, cordectomy, maxillectomy, oropharyngectomy, enlarged tonsillectomy, transmandibular or non-transmandibular buccopharyngectomy, cervical lymph node dissection, anterior or posterior pelvectomy, glossectomy, pelvi glosso mandibulectomy, endoscopy of the upper areal passages, panendoscopy, surgery for tumours of the veil and palate. The aim is to eliminate and treat cancers in collaboration with oncologists, radiotherapists and chemotherapists. They are mainly performed on adults.
ENT surgery on the salivary glands
Salivary gland surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery which essentially covers the following procedures: sub maxillectomy, sub mandibulectomy, partial or total parotidectomy, simple or combined sialendoscopy. Endobuccal approach to the stenon or Wharton’s canal. The aim is to eliminate a cancer, a benign tumour (pleomorphic adenoma the most frequent), remove a calculus by sialendoscopy, treat a stenosis by sialendoscopy, reduce the number of parotiditis cases of juvenile recurrent parotitis, stop salivary hernias, salivary colic, sub maxillitis, parotiditis. These surgical procedures on the salivary glands concern both adults and children.
Snoring surgery
The aim of uvulopharyngopalatoplasty is to eliminate snoring by stiffening the soft palate and lateral oropharyngeal walls, making them less deformable and vibratory. It is performed under general anaesthetic in a week-long hospital stay. It is important to remember that before deciding to undergo uvulopharyngopalatoplasty, the doctor must have eliminated or treated other causes of snoring (nasal and rhinopharyngeal) and sleep apnoea syndrome. This procedure is intended for adults who snore without sleep apnoea syndrome and for whom nasal or nasopharyngeal pathologies have been treated previously or eliminated as a cause.
Sinus surgery
Sinus surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery which covers a large number of procedures: endonasal polypectomy, ethmoidectomy, middle meatotomy, endonasal medial maxillectomy, dacryocystorhinostomy, balloon sinusplasty, frontal sinus opening, sphenoidotomy, etc. The main aims of these operations are to improve nasal breathing, nasal permeability, rhinorrhoea and the sense of smell, reduce facial and sinus pain, stop epistaxis, reduce infections (sinusitis, meningitis, sinus mycosis) and epiphora, and eliminate malignant tumours (squamous cell carcinomas, adenocarcinomas) and benign tumours (schneiderial papillomas, including inverted papillomas). These sinus operations mainly concern adults.
Vocal cord surgery
Vocal cord surgery is a speciality of ENT surgery involving instrumental or laser treatment of the vocal cords, carried out by suspended laryngoscopy. The aim is to biopsy a suspicious mass (benign or malignant) and treat it, or even inject natural (fat) or synthetic products or antiviral drugs. ENT surgery of the vocal cords mainly concerns adults.
Surgery on the lingual or labial frenulum
Lingual or labial frenulum surgery involves cutting the frenulum which, as its name suggests, can restrict the movement of the tongue or lip. The operation is performed by an ENT surgeon under local or general anaesthetic, depending on the case. Find out more about frenotomy from Dr Delagranda, an ENT surgeon in Vendée.
Do you have a question? Need more information?
Dr Antoine Delagranda will be happy to answer any questions you may have about a particular ENT procedure. Dr Delagranda is a specialist in ENT surgery at the Clinique Saint Charles in La Roche-sur-Yon in the Vendée.
Consultation for ENT surgery in Vendée
Dr Antoine Delagranda is available to answer any questions you may have about ENT surgery. Dr Delagranda is a specialist in ENT surgery at the Clinique Saint Charles in La Roche-sur-Yon in the Vendée.