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We offer you as a general practitioner the unique Vorotek O Scope. This head-borne microscope gives you direct binocular vision so you can work safely in the ear canal, throat or nose.
The Vorotek O Scope gives you mobility (head carried), adaptability (moving with the customer) and speed of action (setting up takes hardly any time).
The O Scope combines direct vision with depth and sharpness with magnification (1.5 X to 1.75 X) and bright light.
The advantages of the O Scope at a glance
- Seeing with both eyes in a narrow channel enables safe action
- Always having your hands free means freedom
- Allows removal of earwax or removal of foreign body materials and objects with microsuction
- Better visibility allows for more accurate diagnosis and better referral
- Increases your adaptability when used with children and mobile patients
- Dual function as microscope and lamp can be used separately
- Low investment cost
Earwax removal with microsuction
The Vorotek O Scope makes it possible to safely and quickly remove items that do not belong in the ear or block the ear canal.
Combine the Vorotek O Scope with microsuction and let yourself be trained to safely remove earwax with microsuction possibly under the safe supervision of our online ENT doctor.
With microsuction earwax removal is generally considered the most effective and safest way to remove compacted earwax or cerumen.
Here are some of the benefits of microsuction vs irrigation:
- You work with a small suction device to gently remove earwax from the ear canal without water and associated mess.
- You work with a direct view of the ear canal and see what you are doing which reduces the risk of damaging the ear canal.
- There is hardly any risk of infection with microorganisms, which can be caused by squirting water into the ear.
- There is none of the pain that many patients say they experience when water is injected into their ear under pressure.
- It is much faster. With half an hour, you're done. And that includes the time to inform, reassure and get the client's consent.
- The suction used to remove earwax is gentle on the ears and the chance of damaging the delicate wall of the ear canal is minimal.
- The suction effect reduces the risk of side effects such as tinnitus, dizziness and earwax coming out hours after the procedure.
- Microsuction works virtually with all types of wax, so no preparation with lubricants days before treatment is required
Training for general practitioner and assistant
We offer you everything here in one place to microsuction in your general practice.
- Professional Training
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- Carefully selected equipment
Vorotek O Scope head-mounted binocular microscope
Alsoka Medical microsuction unit
- ENT guidance and supervision in practice
Online guidance for ENT doctor
Do you have a larger team or chain and are curious about a customized solution? Then contact us here.
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Cerumen (Ear Wax) management & removal may be required for a number of reasons including hearing loss, discomfort and the successful completion of audiological procedures such as hearing aid fitting.
Ear Wax removal is a common procedure and is performed by a range of healthcare specialists including ENTs, Audiologists, General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners.
Historically treatment has typically been via “wet” methods such as syringing or flushing the ear. Today however, the preferred ear wax removal method used by ENT specialists, Audiologists and an increasing number of GPs is manual ear wax removal using Micro-suction or Curettage techniques, under the direct vision of a VorOtek O Scope (or equivalent direct vision device).
The shift away from “wet” methods such as syringing is being driven by a combination of client demand and Practitioners wanting to adopt a safer and more effective technique. Complications caused by syringing are unfortunately a common reason for legal complaints against GPs.
Today Ear Wax removal by curettage or micro-suction under the direct vision of an O Scope is generally considered to be a safer and more effective treatment. In the same way an operating microscope works the VorOtek O Scope’s optical pathway converges the user’s eyes to just 12mm apart, while illuminating and magnifying the ear canal and tympanic membrane (see figure 1).
This is critical for both micro-suction and curettage techniques as it allows the Practitioner to achieve excellent depth perception in the ear canal and instrument with greater accuracy.
Not only is wax removal under direct vision a safer and more effective technique, it is also a fast and efficient process that will improve overall practice productivity.
If you are ready to make the shift to direct vision ear wax removal, please visit our micro-suction equipment page for more information on equipment and training options. Or send us a sales enquiry.
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