Treatment
Endoscopic laser surgery is a technique for treating diseases of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses. Diseases of the oral cavity and the upper respiratory passage can be treated using lasers as well. Dornier offers a variety of lasers that are ideal tools for this purpose including the Medilas H20 (Ho:YAG laser) and the diode laser family Dornier Medilas D.
The field of individual applications is extensive:
- Partial velum resection in the case of sleep apnea syndrome
(operation to correct snoring) - Tonsillectomy
- Lingual tumors
- Hyperplasia of the nasal concha
- Coagulation of nasal polyps
- Dacryocystorhinostomy operation (DCR)
- Papillomatosis of the larynx
- Tumors of the larynx (palliative)
- Septum ridges and spurs
- Concha bullosa
- Maxillary sinus fenestration
- Epistaxis (especially in the case of children and Osler's disease)
