Mr Yakubu Karagama: Ear, nose and throat surgery

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Specialises in

Adult

Head & neck oncology

About me

Mr Yakubu Karagama is a highly experienced, qualified and caring Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant and Laryngologist at the Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital London. He leads the multidisciplinary specialist voice clinic at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital London

Mr Karagama specialises in general adult and children Ear, Nose and Throat problems but in addition he has a special interest in professional voice problems and nasal and sinus problems.

He is a very experienced ENT Surgeon with high international professional recognition due to his role in lecturing and training young surgeons. He has been invited as key note speaker internationally on so many occasion.

He is a frontier in promoting and developing new surgical techniques to help patients

He is the founder and course director for Manchester Phonosurgery course www.phonosurgerycourse.com, is keen in voice research and obtained an MSc in Advance Voice Research at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2005. Mr Karagama has presented his research and won prizes at national and international conferences, including the North of England Otolaryngological Society, the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Association Conference of Otolaryngologists (BACO). He has authored and co-authored over 50 publications, is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at both University of Manchester and Edge Hill Universities and a council member of the British Laryngological Association and British Voice Association and an Honorary Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester. He was the first Secretary of the British Laryngological Society established in 2011

Areas of interest

VOICE PROBLEMS
• Hoarse voice
• Laryngitis
• Vocal cord nodules
• Vocal cord polyps
• vocal cord paralysis
• vocal cord haemorrhage
• Vocal cord cyst
• Thyroplasty
• Puberphonia
• Pitch voice problems
• Functional dysphonia
• Vocal cord injection
• Spasmodic dysphonia
• Botox injection vocal cords
• Laryngeal papilloma
• Airway

NOSE PROBLEMS
• Polypvac surgery
• Nasal polyps
• FESS
• Septoplasty
• Septorhinoplasty
• Blocked Nose
• Sinus Problems
• Snoring
• Laser UVPP
• Sleep Disorder
• Smell & Taste
• Facial pain & Headache

EAR PROBLEMS
• Ear infection
• Dizziness
• Ear Drum Perforations
• Ear Infections
• Wax
• Hearing Loss
• Tinnitus /Noise in the ear
• Myringoplasty
• Mastoidectomy

THROAT PROBLEMS
• Tonsillitis
• Tonsillectomy
• Lump in Throat
• SoreThroat
• Swallowing Difficulties
• Transnasal oesophagoscopy
• Reflux

CHILDREN ENT
• Tonsillectomy
• Adenoids
• Myringoplasty
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Medical secretaries

Jo Bird
Consultantcare BMI Healthcare The Alexandra Hospital Mill Lane Cheadle SK8 2PX
0161 393 3995
0161 850 1270
karagama@consultantcare.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Senthil K Kanniah Fee Assured
Dr Muthukumaran Gourishankar Fee Assured

Dr Anuraag Guleria Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London

Research interests

Voice
Swallow

Personal interests

Piano
Badminton
Karate

Awards received

North England Otolaryngological Society Research & Paper presentation
British Rhinological Society Meeting Paper Presentation
Munro Black best research presentation Northeast ENT meeting

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS PUBLISHED

1. The trumpet player with a swelling in the neck. Edmiston R, Hariri A, Karagama Y.
BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Mar 20;2015
2. An isolated mid-facial swelling: a cause for an otolaryngology referral? Killick N, Robinson J, Karagama Y.Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2014 Feb;75(2):112-3.
3. Chin lift: a simple but effective novel method of fiberoptic laryngoscopy in the clinic. Edmiston R, Karagama Y. Clin Otolaryngol. 2013 Oct;38(5):445-7
4. Hoarseness secondary to haemodialysis: case report and literature review. Santhirakumar M, Phua CQ, Karagama Y.
J Laryngol Otol. 2012 Aug;126(8):867-9
5. Sequential cohort study comparing chlorine dioxide wipes with automated washing for decontamination of flexible naendoscopes. Phua CQ, Mahalingappa Y, Karagama Y.J Laryngol Otol. 2012 Aug;126(8):809-14
6. An unusual case of a tonsillolith. Chan J, Rashid M, Karagama Y. Case Report Med. 2012;2012:587503. Epub 2012 Apr 17.
7. Study of microbial spread when using multiple-use nasal anaesthetic spray. Rashid M, Karagama YG. Rhinology. 2011 Aug;49(3):281-5.
8. Intranasal delivery of drugs to eustachian tube orifice. Karagama YG, Rashid M, Lancaster JL, Karkanevatos A, William RS. J Laryngol Otol. 2011 Sep;125(9):934-9. Epub 2011 Jul 12
9. Inflation of Foley catheters for postnasal packing. Rashid M, Karagama Y. J Laryngol Otol. 2010 Sep;124(9):997-8. Epub 2010 Apr 14
10. Short-term voice quality results following percutaneous medialisation of the paralysed vocal cord under local anaesthesia using calcium hydroxyapatite gel: How we do it. Y. Karagama, A. Hurren, P. Carding, L. Lindsey. Pg 362-366. Vol 33. number 4 August 2008
11. J Laryngol Otol. 2006 Oct;120(10):842-4. Epub 2006 May 19. Doshi J, Karagama Y, Buckley D, Johnson I. Observational study of bone-anchored hearing aid infection rates using different post-operative dressings.
12. J Laryngol Otol. 2005 Sep;119(9):727-8.Thomas L, Karagama YG, Watson C. Avoiding alar necrosis with post-nasal packs.
13. Rhinology. 2005 Jun; Karagama YG, Anari S, Lancaster JL, Karkanevatos A, Jones TM, Sherman IW. Conservative management of epistaxis: are we putting patients at risk of developing venous thromboembolic complications?
43(2):135-7.
14. Ear Nose Throat J. 2005 Apr;84(4):216, 218.Karagama YG, Bridges LR, van Hille PT. Angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory meatus: a rare occurrence in the internal auditory canal.

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Courses offered to GPs

Allergic Rhinitis
Voice disorders
Reflux laryngitis
Dizziness
Management of sinusitis

About my work

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

E1780
Diagnostic endoscopy of sinus and bilateral (as sole procedure) - (5-50)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (5-50)
D1520
Suction clearance of middle ear (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
E3810
Injection into larynx - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
E4991
Therapeutic Panendoscopy +/- excision biopsy, excision or destruction of lesions - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
E3410
Laser surgery to vocal cord (including microlaryngoscopy) - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
E2501
Fibre optic examination of the pharynx +/- biopsy/removal of foreign body - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
E1432
FESS: excision uncinate process and anterior ethmoid bulla, antrostomy/antral puncture, simple polypectomy and attention to turbinates (bilateral) - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
D1510
Myringotomy and insertion of tube through tympanic membrane (and bilateral) - (1-5)

BMI The Alexandra Hospital (1-5)
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