There are several different types of sinus surgeries, and depending on the technique and instruments used, the patient experience and outcome can be significantly different.
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Park Avenue Medical Center specializes in comprehensive care for sinus/allergy problems and sleep apnea.
We offer diagnostic allergy testings (ranging from skin test to RAST), allergy immunotherapy (desensitization shots), medical treatments for acute sinusitis and surgical treatments for chronic sinusitis. For persistent chronic sinusitis, a full range of definitive treatments are available including packing-less nasal/sinus surgery, the minimally invasive balloon sinuplasty, radiofrequency/laser turbinate reduction, microdebrider turbinate reduction, septoplasty, and endoscopic/image-guided sinus surgery which can be performed in our fully accredited surgical facility on outpatient basis.
We also provide take home sleep study for diagnosis of sleep disorder issues. A wide scope of medical and surgical treatments of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea are available. These include CPAP treatments, oral appliances, outpatient procedures such as somnoplasty, snoreplasty, laser/radiofrequency palatoplasty, and in-hospital uvulopalatoplasty and transoral robotic surgery (TORS). Our medical director Dr.Ahn is one of the first surgeons in the world to perform robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and has performed more TORS for OSA than anyone else in New York since 2011.
The da Vinci Surgical System is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to expand the surgeon’s capabilities and offer a state-of-the-art minimally invasive option for major surgery.
If you would like more information on the services we provide, please call our NYC ENT office at (212) 714-9494 or speak with your provider.