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The Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ENT) which was started in 2004 is now fully developed unit of this institution and is providing treatment of various diseases related to the ear, nose and throat including head and neck area. Facilities include microsurgery of the ear, treatment of hearing loss, rehabilitation of the hearing-impaired, nose and sinus diseases, surgery for tumors of the head and neck, facial-plastic and reconstructive surgery, and the disorders related to vocal cords & speech.

Services offered

• 24 hours ENT emergency care 

Outpatient Services

• Regular Outpatient department(OPD) providing basic and advanced ENT tertiary care treatment

• OPD Timings-7.30 AM to 12 noon(Monday to Saturday)

Inpatient services

• Bed capacity to treat 48 patients[ 20 beds in Male ward, 20 beds in Female ward and 8 beds in  ENT Intensive care unit]

Operation Theatre

• Well equipped advanced high end operating rooms 

• Hi-tech and advanced surgical equipments like

High definition cameras

Endoscopes

Operating Microscopes

Lasers

Microdebriders

Coblation

Rigid and Flexible Bronchoscopy

Oesophagoscopy

• Emergency surgeries round the clock

• Regular operation theater days on every Wednesdays and Thursdays of the month

Cochlear Implantation Programme

• Approved centre for cochlear implantation under Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme(CMCHIS). 

• Under CMCHIS scheme, economically deprived eligible patients get a world class treatment and cochlear implant surgery which costs around Rs.10,00,000 is done free of cost.

• Audio Verbal therapy for cochlear implantees

(OTOLOGY) MICROSURGERY OF THE EAR

Microsurgery of the ear is provided to restore hearing loss due to chronic otitis media (discharging ear), secretary otitis media (fluid in the middle ear), otosclerosis (fixation of the footplate), trauma. Surgical procedures like myringoplasty, ossiculoplasty, grommet insertion, stapedectomy, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, canaloplasty, facial nerve decompression, temporal bone resection are performed regularly. Cosmetic ear surgery especially atresioplasty, pin plasty are also done. Cochlear implant surgery for the patient having profound sensorineural hearing loss and not benefitted with hearing aids is also performed in the department. 

HEAD & NECK CANCER

This centre caters treatment for the patients suffering from cancer of the head and neck like  carcinoma of the upper  respiratory tract especially the larynx, oral cavity, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, oesophagus, salivary glands and thyroid glands. A multidisciplinary approach to these problems is adopted.   Surgical procedures performed are laryngectomy, maxillectomy, radical neck dissections, commando-operation, parotidectomy, sub-mandibular gland excision, thyroidectomy. Rehabilitation through surgical reconstruction and speech and voice therapy is also provided. 

RHINOLOGY: ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY AND SKULL BASE SURGERY

The department is providing services for patients suffering from diseases related to nose and paranasal sinuses.  Diagnostic endoscopy as well as Sinus Surgery with endoscope is regularly done for chronic sinusitis, nasal polyposis and fungal granuloma. Septoplasty, septorhinoplasty, endonasal DCR, orbital decompression, optic nerve decompression, endoscopic hypophysectomy, endoscopic resection of benign and selected cases of malignant lesions are also performed.  

LARYNGOLOGY

Surgical and medical services are provided to patients having oral cavity, oropharynx, laryngopharynx and laryngeal pathologies. Surgical procedures like adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, microlaryngeal surgery, thyroplasty,  palatoplasty and sleep apnoea surgery are done regularly.

AIRWAY SURGERY

Surgery on reconstruction of airway includes Kashima's laser cordotomy, arytenoidectomy, laryngotracheoplasty and tracheal reconstruction and anastomoses. Benign tumors of larynx are removed endoscopically.

     PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY

We manage all ENT problems in children like cochlear implantation and rehabilitation, endoscopic video assisted adenoidectomy, surgery for choanal atresia, congenital laryngeal problems like laryngomalacia, laryngotracheal stenosis and foreign body removal from bronchus and esophagus. We are ably supported by Paediatrics, Neonatology, and Anesthesiology departments.

Procedures performed

Outpatient Clinic Procedures Performed

• Nasal endoscopy

• Flexible fibre optic nasopharyngolaryngoscopy

• Microscopy of the ear

• Intratympanic gentamycin administration

• Myringotomy and Grommet insertion

• Stroboscopy

• Epley's Manoeuvre

• Cold caloric testing

• Positional testing

Audiology, speech therapy and swallowing therapy

• Pure tone audiometry and special tests

• Tympanometry

• Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)

• ASSR (Auditory Steady State Response)

• OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions),

• VEMP (Vestibular evoked myogenic potential)

• Behavioral audiometry

• Speech assessment and therapy

• Post cochlear implantation therapy

• Evaluation of swallowing – Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy, FEES, fluoroscopy

• Swallowing therapy

Surgery for deafness and discharging ears

• Myringoplasty

• Tympanoplasty

• Middle ear reconstruction

• Stapedotomy

• Facial nerve decompression

• Tumours of middle ear / mastoid system

• Cochlear implant surgery

• BAHA implant surgery

• Glomus tympanicum

Surgery of the Nose and Para-Nasal Sinuses

• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

• Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)

• Endoscopic repair of CSF (Cerebral Spinal Fluid) rhinorrhoea

• Septoplasty

• Rhinoplasty (open and closed)

• Arterial ligations (sphenopalatine, ethmoidal, maxillary and external carotid) for epistaxis

• Surgery for tumours of the nose and PNS

• Endoscopic skull base surgery (pituitary tumours, JNA etc)

• DISE (sleep endoscopy)

• Snoring surgeries

Surgery of the Throat and Neck

• Adenotonsillectomy / coblation adenotonsillectomy

• Surgery for treatment of snoring (OSAS) such as Uvulo Palato Pharyngoplasty (UPPP) ,expansion pharyngoplasty and tongue base procedures

• Laser Assisted Uvulo Palatoplasty (LAUP)

• Surgery for vocal cord paralysis

• Tumors of throat and larynx

• Paediatric airway surgery – choanal atresia, laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis, tracheal stenosis, tracheomalacia etc

• Thyroidectomy

• Tumors of the structures of the neck

• Surgery for salivary glands

• Primary resection anastomosis for tracheal stenosis

• Surgery for subglottic stenosis with stenting

• Laser excision of vascular tumours in the head and neck areas

• Sialendoscopy

• Phonosurgery

• Microlaryngeal surgeries

• Upper aero-digestive endoscopy for adults and children

• Removal of foreign bodies