John Hamilton's surgery
Mr Hamilton has a specialist interest in Ear Surgery in both adults and children. He also provides a core ENT service. He is well known for his use of audit to objectively analyse and improve his surgery.
This page lists procedures performed by Mr Hamilton. There are are links to pages that explain how Mr Hamilton gets very good results for his patients where indicated by the coloured bullet point.
External ear surgery
- Meatoplasty
- Canalplasty
- Reconstruction of ear canal
- Pinnaplasty
Middle ear surgery
- Grommet insertion
- Repair of ear drum perforation
- Treatment of pars tensa retraction pocket
- Treatment of cholesteatoma
- Ossiculoplasty
- Stapedotomy - Stapes surgery for otosclerosis
- Mastoid obliteration
Inner ear surgery (otoneurosurgery)
- Gentamicin infusion for Meniere's Disease
- Resurfacing for Dehiscent Superior Semicircular Canal
- Facial nerve decompression
- Repair of CSF fistula
Skull Base Surgery
- Glomus tumour surgery (including Infratemporal fossa A approach)
- Epidermoid cysts of temporal bone / petrous apex
- Tumours of external ear canal and middle ear
- Infratemporal fossa tumours
Core ENT Surgery
- Tonsillectomy
- Adenoidectomy
- Septoplasty
- Endoscopic sinus and polyp surgery
Outpatient procedures
- Ear wax removal (without syringing)
- Cleaning and treatment of discharging ears
- Epley manoevre
- Endoscopic examination of nose and throat