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Southern Cross Christchurch 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 Hospital in Christchurch is the largest hospital within our national network.

Owned by Southern Cross since 1979, the centrally situated hospital campus includes one of the biggest and most advanced private surgical hospitals in the South Island.

The Christchurch hospital campus has seen significant upgrades and new facilities in recent years, and typically provides services to around 9,500 patients each year. Facilities include digital operating theatres, an advanced 'hybrid' operating room, systems for robotically-assisted surgery, advanced digital scanning technologies, consulting facilities and a purpose built endoscopy centre.

Consultants

Procedures / Treatments

Adenoidectomy

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.
Bronchoscopy

A tiny camera attached to a long tube is inserted through your nose or mouth and passed down through the airways into your lungs. This allows the surgeon to make a diagnosis either by seeing directly what is causing the problem or by taking a small tissue (biopsy) or lung secretion sample.

A tiny camera attached to a long tube is inserted through your nose or mouth and passed down through the airways into your lungs. This allows the surgeon to make a diagnosis either by seeing directly what is causing the problem or by taking a small tissue (biopsy) or lung secretion sample.
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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.
Grommet Insertion

This operation is performed through the ear canal. A hole is made in the eardrum and the middle ear drained. A small hollow tube (grommet) is placed in the eardrum hole which allows air into the middle ear.

This operation is performed through the ear canal. A hole is made in the eardrum and the middle ear drained. A small hollow tube (grommet) is placed in the eardrum hole which allows air into the middle ear.
Oesophagoscopy

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).
Polypectomy

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.
Rhinoplasty

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.
Tonsillectomy

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.
Septoplasty

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 8:00 to 20:00
Weekends 8:00 to 20:00

Public Transport

The Christchurch City Council provides good public transport information. See here

Parking

Over 60 parking spaces are provided for patients and visitors.

Contact Details

131 Bealey Avenue
Christchurch Central
Christchurch
Canterbury 8013

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Street Address

131 Bealey Avenue
Christchurch Central
Christchurch
Canterbury 8013

Postal Address

P.O. Box 21-096,
Edgeware,
Christchurch, 8143

This page was last updated at 10:31AM on October 2, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by Southern Cross Christchurch Hospital - Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery.