Aster Multispeciality Hospital - ENT

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at the Multispeciality Hospital offers comprehensive care for all disorders related to the ear, nose, sinus, head and neck region, in patients of all ages. The ENT department has a medical team here, comprising Consultants, Specialists and trained support staff, provide customised treatment plans – surgical and non-surgical - after extensive evaluation, with an optimal, evidence-based approach. The ENT facility is equipped with state-of-the-art technical support for both diagnosis and treatment, it is one of the finest ENT facilities of its kind in the region offering several advanced procedures like Transoral Robotic and Coablator/Laser Assisted Surgeries, Nasal and Nasopharyngeal Endoscopes for diagnostics, Video Endoscopy facilities for all types of Endoscopic Sinus Surgeries, Microlaryngeal surgeries and voice-improving Phonosurgery for patients with voice issues and specialised surgeries for sleep disorders including snoring and sleep apnoea. The ENT department also has an expert Endoscopic Skullbase team that performs highly complex Transnasal Trans Sphenoid Surgery for various Skullbase Tumors/ CSF Rhinorrhoea. The ENT department is Multi-disciplinary in approach, it works closely with other departments like Speech Pathology, Neurosurgery, Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Allergy and Immunology, Oncology, Pulmonology and Paediatrics and Neonatology for management of all ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) disorders in adults, children and neonates.

Facilities

Outpatient Procedures done at Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

• Nasal endoscopy
• Video laryngoscopy
• Flexible fibre optic nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
• Microscopy of the ear/ Foreign body removal
• Intratympanic gentamycin administration
• Myringotomy and Grommet insertion
• Epley’s Manoeuvre
• Cold caloric testing
• Positional testing
• Ear piercing and ear lobe repair
• Cauterization for nasal bleed

Audiology and speech therapy

• Pure tone audiometry and special tests
• Tympanometry
• Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)
• ASSR (Auditory Steady State Response)
• OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions),
• Behavioral audiometry
• Speech assessment and therapy
• ost cochlear implantation therapy
• Hearing aid trial and fitting

Audiology
PTA (Pure Tone testing), ASSR (Auditory Steady Sate Response), OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions), BERA (Brainstem evoked response audiometry) auditory rehabilitation and hearing aid trial and fitting.

Rhinology

Endoscopic Surgery Treatment for sinus diseases including Sinusitis, Nasal Polyposis, Nasal Bleeding and Benign and Malignant Tumors. Endoscopic Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Rhinorrhoea repair, difficult Frontal and Transnasal Trans Sphenoid Surgery for various Skullbase Tumors are done at the department of ENT

Otology

The ENT department also offers treatment for all ear diseases (adult and paediatric) including surgical services like Myringotomy, Tympanoplasty, Mastoidectomy, Stapedectomy, Facial Nerve Decompression, Ossiculoplasty, Middle Ear Implant, Cochlear Implants and BAHA.

Laryngology

Comprehensive solutions for voice problems with a dedicated voice clinic supported by a speech pathologist. Thyroplasty and Microlaryngeal surgeries Airway reconstruction procedures includes Kashima’s Laser Cordotomy, Arytenoidectomy, Anterior Cricoid Split and Tracheal Reconstruction and Anastomoses. Endoscopic removal of benign tumors of larynx and trachea

Pediatric Otolaryngology

The Otorhinolaryngology department has the expert ENT surgeon to perform Pediatric surgeries like Cochlear Implantation and Rehabilitation, Endoscopic Video Assisted Adenoidectomy, Coablation Assisted Tonsillectomy, Surgery for Choanal Atresia, Congenital Laryngeal Problems like Laryngomalacia, Laryngotracheal Stenosis and foreign body removal from Bronchus & Esophagus.

Surgery for deafness and discharging ears

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) also performs following surgeries for deafness and discharging ears

• Myringoplasty
• Tympanoplasty
• Mastoidectomies
• Middle ear reconstruction
• Stapedotomy
• Facial nerve decompression
• Tumours of middle ear / mastoid system
• Cochlear implant surgery
• BAHA implant surgery
• Middle ear implant surgery

Surgery of the Nose and Para-Nasal Sinuses

• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• Extended endoscopic sinus surgery
• Endoscopic skull base surgery
• Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
• Endoscopic repair of CSF (Cerebral Spinal Fluid) rhinorrhoea
• Septoplasty
• Arterial ligations (sphenopalatine, ethmoidal, maxillary and external carotid) for epistaxis
• Surgery for tumours of the nose and PNS
• Coablator assisted turbinate procedures

Surgery of the Throat and Neck

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) also performs following surgeries

• Adenotonsillectomy
• Surgery for treatment of snoring (OSAS) such as Uvulo Palato Pharyngoplasty (UPPP) Expansion sphincteroplasty Tongue base reduction and Coablator Assisted Uvulo Palatoplasty
• Adult and Pediatric Tracheostomy
• Surgery for vocal cord paralysis
• Tumors of throat and larynx
• Tumors of neck
• Salivary gland surgeries
• Thyroidectomy
• Surgery for subglottic and tracheal stenosis
• Phonosurgery
• Microlaryngeal surgeries
• Bronchoscopy
• Esophagoscopy
• Surgery for swallowing disorders