DEPARTMENT OF ENT

The department provides routine OPD services like complete head and neck examination, nasal and laryngopharyngeal rigid endoscopies, evaluation of vertigo, etc.

Minor OT procedures like biopsies, nasal packing, cyst excision, etc are done.

Major OT procedures include tympano-mastoidectomies, stapedotomies, FESS, limited anterior and lateral skull base surgery, thyroidectomy, parotidectomy etc.

State of the art Carl Zeiss Tivato 700 operating microscope available for advanced Otological, Laryngeal, and skull base surgeries.

Diagnostic nasal endoscopy, Otoendoscopy, and Laryngeal Endoscopy (Rigid) facilities available in minor OT.

Pure tone audiometry (PTA) facility available in OPD for hearing assessment.

Expansion plan:

Fully functional audiology facility providing BERA, OAE, and ASSR services.
VideoNystagmoGraphy(VNG) facility.
To develop a departmental surgical skills lab teaching basic suturing techniques, otological and rhinological surgical approaches, etc.
Special clinics for evaluation of deaf-mute children, cochlear implant clinic, and cochlear implant OT services.
A Rehabilitation Unit of Audiology and Speech (RUAS) to be established which shall provide audiology, speech, and swallowing rehabilitation services.
A specialized endoscopy unit to provide flexible laryngo-pharyngo-esophagoscopy services for diagnosis and follow-up of head and neck cancer patients.
To run specialized clinics along with OPD such as Vertigo clinic, Otology clinic, Skull Base Clinic, Rhinology Clinic, Voice Clinic, Head and Neck Rehabilitation Clinic, etc.
To organize clinics or weekly/monthly conferences with other departments such as Pathology, Radio-diagnosis, etc.
To upgrade OT in order to accommodate surgical care for complex skull base lesions, advanced head and cancers, cochlear implants, etc.