ENT
Services at SCEH
The department of Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat) is well known for the quality of services it offers. The department has state of the art equipment like examination unit with inbuilt head light, suction machine, a mirror warmer and a syringing unit.
Operation theatres are fitted with HEPA filters and have the facility of Carl Zeiss operating microscope. Nasal and sinus surgery equipment has complete world class nasal endoscopes with camera and monitor unit. The Operation theatre has a LASER and Radiofrequency machine for doing highly specialized surgeries.
The hospital has a fully functioning Audiology and Speech Therapy department. Complete Hearing evaluation is done irrespective of the age of the child. We have facility of BERA, a special equipment for hearing testing of young children. Adult hearing is tested using Pure Tone Audiometer and to further find out the cause of hearing loss impedance audiometry is done.
Speech Therapy for stammering disorder and articulation defects are done on a regular basis.
Headache clinic is run on every Saturday and deals with the holistic approach to the causes and treatment of headache in paediatric and adult population. Extensive work up is supported by the relevant examination and investigations.
Sleep study is done in the hospital and patients are given advice about medical or surgical treatment of snoring depending upon the need. Somnoplasty /UPP is done using Laser and Radiofrequency machine.
Paediatric ENT is our recent addition involving specialized and focused care for children below 14 years of age
The Department of ENT at SCEH offers the following facilities
- Ear, Nose and Throat examination in the OPD using treatment unit
- Micro ear surgery for the hole in the ear drum, for the disease leading to destruction of hearing bones ( cholesteatoma), for the disease leading to fixation of the hearing bone (otosclerosis). The surgeries done for these diseases are called as Tympanoplasty, Mastoid exploration and Stapedectomy respectively.
- Fuctional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Endoscopic septoplasty are done using the advanced endoscopes.
- Endoscopic DCR is the surgery that we have pioneered with lot of research in this field. It is an operation which is done for unilateral watering and pus discharge from one eye. Traditionaly this surgery is done by an external incision below the eye. At SCEH this surgery is done endoscopically through the nose to avoid debility and scarring.
- Rhinoplasty is the cosmetic surgery of nose that involves surgical correction of deformed nose. Various abnormalities that can be addressed are crooked nose, saddle nose or broad nose.
- Microlaryngeal surgery is done to treat hoarseness of voice. Refractory singer�s nodule, laryngeal papilloma or any vocal polyp are treated through this surgery.
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