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The functions of the Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) department encompass the daily clinical, surgical, and operational activities required to deliver comprehensive care. These functions are divided into specialized service areas:
1. Outpatient and Diagnostic Services
- Comprehensive Clinical Consultations: Evaluating and diagnosing conditions related to the ear, nose, throat, and head/neck region for pediatric and adult patients.
- Endoscopic Evaluations: Performing in-clinic diagnostic procedures such as rigid nasal endoscopy, flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy, and stroboscopy to visualize the upper airway and vocal cords.
- Minor Outpatient Procedures: Conducting routine interventions including ear wax (cerumen) disimpaction, intratympanic injections, nasal packing for epistaxis, local excision of small benign masses, and biopsy of neck masses.
2. Surgical and Inpatient Care
- Otology and Neurotology: Performing micro-ear surgeries such as tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, stapedotomy, and advanced procedures like cochlear implantation and skull base surgery.
- Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base: Executing Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), septoplasty, rhinoplasty, and endoscopic management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks and pituitary tumors.
- Laryngology and Airway Management: Conducting micro laryngeal surgeries for vocal cord lesions, airway dilation, and complex tracheal resections.
3. Emergency and Trauma Services
- 24/7 Acute Care: Providing immediate intervention for ENT emergencies, including severe epistaxis (nosebleeds) and acute deep neck space infections.
- Airway Emergencies: Securing compromised airways through emergency intubation, cricothyroidotomy, or tracheostomy.
- Foreign Body Retrieval: Removing accidentally ingested or inhaled foreign bodies from the ear canal, nasal cavity, pharynx, esophagus, and tracheobronchial tree.
- Maxillofacial Trauma: Managing fractures of the nasal bone, mandible, and mid-face in coordination with plastic surgery and trauma teams.
4. Allied Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Functions
- Audiology Services: Conducting pure tone audiometry (PTA), tympanometry, Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA), and Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) testing.
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