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Southern Cross Brightside Hospital - Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Private Surgical Service, ENT/ Head & Neck Surgery
This is where you will come to have your surgery performed. The visits to your surgeon before and after surgery will be at their consulting rooms.
Description
Southern Cross' Brightside Hospital is a modern private surgical hospital located in central Auckland.
Brightside Hospital was originally established on its Auckland site, in Epsom, in the 1940s and was completely rebuilt to modern, high tech specifications and re-opened in 2000.
Brightside offers a wide range of surgical services and postoperative care to around 4,500 patients each year. This four-theatre hospital provides 43 inpatient beds and 6 day stay chairs and has a staff of nearly 100.
With an established reputation for gynaecological, orthopaedic and urological services, Brightside was also the first private hospital in New Zealand to offer prostate brachytherapy, a new type of treatment for prostate cancer. This specialist service employs advanced techniques and technologies for prostate implants, and the medical specialists operating at the hospital have helped Brightside to be involved in leading the way in urological treatment in New Zealand in some respects.
Plastic surgery, oral surgery and general surgery are also amongst the surgical services offered at Brightside Hospital.
Recent developments include the introduction of an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), opened in 2012 and providing a specialised postoperative ward for patients with medical conditions or surgical issues that require an enhanced level of monitoring and care. The four-bed ward caters for patients who unexpectedly require some extra post-surgical care, or those with medical issues - such as heart or blood pressure conditions - that may have the potential to cause complications during or after surgery.
Consultants
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Mr Andrew Cho
Otolaryngologist
Procedures / Treatments
Your adenoids may be removed as part of a tonsillectomy. This operation is also performed through your mouth.
Your adenoids may be removed as part of a tonsillectomy. This operation is also performed through your mouth.
A tiny camera attached to a tube (endoscope) is inserted into your nose. Very small instruments can be passed through the endoscope and used to remove small pieces of bone and soft tissue. This opens up the ventilation and drainage pathways in the outer wall of your nose.
A tiny camera attached to a tube (endoscope) is inserted into your nose. Very small instruments can be passed through the endoscope and used to remove small pieces of bone and soft tissue. This opens up the ventilation and drainage pathways in the outer wall of your nose.
A tiny camera attached to a long tube is inserted into your mouth and passed down through your pharynx into your oesophagus. This allows the surgeon to make a diagnosis either by seeing directly what is causing the problem or by taking a small tissue sample (biopsy).
A tiny camera attached to a long tube is inserted into your mouth and passed down through your pharynx into your oesophagus. This allows the surgeon to make a diagnosis either by seeing directly what is causing the problem or by taking a small tissue sample (biopsy).
Nasal polyps are removed by inserting small instruments through your nostrils which can grasp and cut out the polyps.
Nasal polyps are removed by inserting small instruments through your nostrils which can grasp and cut out the polyps.
Small cuts (incisions) are made either on the inside or outside (in the creases) of the nose. Excess bone and/or cartilage are removed and the nose reshaped.
Small cuts (incisions) are made either on the inside or outside (in the creases) of the nose. Excess bone and/or cartilage are removed and the nose reshaped.
Tonsils are removed in an operation performed through your mouth. The tissue between your tonsils and throat is cut and your tonsils removed.
Tonsils are removed in an operation performed through your mouth. The tissue between your tonsils and throat is cut and your tonsils removed.
This operation repositions the nasal septum and is performed entirely within your nose so that there are no external cuts made on your face.
This operation repositions the nasal septum and is performed entirely within your nose so that there are no external cuts made on your face.
Visiting Hours
- Weekdays: 11:00 to 20:00
- Weekends: 11:00 to 20:00
Parking
Free visitor parking is provided at the hospital.
Contact Details
Southern Cross Brightside Hospital
Central Auckland
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Phone
(09) 925 4200
Email
Website
Surgeons can be contacted at their private consultation rooms.
3 Brightside Road
Epsom
Auckland 1023
Street Address
3 Brightside Road
Epsom
Auckland 1023
Postal Address
PO Box 26064
Epsom
Auckland 1344
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This page was last updated at 10:38AM on April 9, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Southern Cross Brightside Hospital - Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery.