Introduction
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) is one of the most well equipped departments with experienced faculty and instruments. Otorhinolaryngology, as it stands now, is not merely dependent on routine outdoor evaluation and conservative management as it used to be in the past. The department has adjusted well with the advancement of medical technology. With the advent of modern-day telescopes, operating microscopes, the department specializes in the management and treatment of disorders and diseases of Ear, Nose, Throat including larynx and other Head and Neck conditions across all age groups. The department has state-of-the-art microscopes to perform micro ear surgeries. There are nasal and nasopharyngeal endoscopes for diagnostics and video endoscopy facilities for all types of endoscopic sinus surgeries. Microlaryngeal surgeries and voice-improving phonosurgery are also performed.
Objectives
- Creating awareness among general population of conditions and ailments prone to the area in a tertiary care centre providing sufficient management modalities to diagnose and/ or treat disability, disorder of disease, and also highlighting preventive Measure.
- Attend to medical or surgical emergencies to those seeking immediate care in the hospital around the clock.
- Orienting the patient and family to the disease condition, its prognosis, and different treatment modalities available based on their affordability.
Facilities
Outpatients’ & Minor Operation Theatre
- Operating Microscope
- Otoscope
- Rigid Nasal Endoscope with monitor
- Indirect laryngoscope
- Puretone and Impedance Audiometry
- BERA
- Oto acoustic emission (OAE)
- Temporal Bone Laboratory
- Speech therapy Unit
- Demo room for students
Major Operation Theatre
- Carl Zeiss Operating microscope
- Rigid Nasal endoscopes
- Flexible Laryngoscope
- Rigid Oesophagoscope & Bronchscope
- Flexible Bronchoscope
- Micro debrider for Nasal surgeries
- Micro motor with drill bits for ear surgeries
- Micro laryngeal surgery instruments
Outpatient Services
- Foreign body removal
- Ear packing
- Oto endoscopy
- Nasal endoscopy
- Flexible fibre optic nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
- Microscopy of the ear
- Epley’s Manoeuvre
- Positional testing
- Audiology and speech therapy
- Pure tone audiometry and special tests
- Tympanometry
- Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)
- OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions),
- Behavioral audiometry
- Speech assessment and therapy
- Auditory Verbal Therapy (Post cochlear implantation therapy)
- Specialty Clinics
- Head ache clinic
- Vertigo Clinic
Surgeries performed in Operation Theatre
- For deafness and discharging ears
- Myringoplasty
- Myringotomy and Grommet insertion
- Tympanoplasty
- Middle ear reconstruction
- Mastoidectomy
- Stapedotomy
- Facial nerve decompression
- Tumours of middle ear / mastoid
- Nose and Para-Nasal Sinuses
- Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
- Septoplasty
- Rhinoplasty
- Arterial ligations (sphenopalatine, ethmoidal, maxillary and external carotid) for epistaxis
- Surgery for tumours of the nose and PNS
- Throat and Neck
- Adenotonsillectomy
- Surgery for treatment of snoring 88888 (OSAS) such as Uvulo Palato Pharyngoplasty (UPPP)
- Surgery for vocal cord paralysis
- Tumors of throat and larynx
- Tumors of the structures of the neck
- Surgery for salivary glands
- Primary resection anastomosis for tracheal stenosis
- Phonosurgery
- Microlaryngeal surgeries
- Upper aero-digestive endoscopy for adults and children
- Paediatric Otolaryngology
- Foreign body removal
- Endoscopic video assisted adenoidectomy
- Surgery for choanal atresia
- Surgery for congenital laryngeal problems like laryngomalacia
Head of Department
Dr. Shankaranarayanan. G
Teaching Programmes
Under Graduate
Lectures, Seminar, Clinics, IT Rotations, Orientation, Tutorials,
Integrated Teaching, Case presentations.
Post Graduate
Lecture, Seminar, Inter departmental meetings, Journal club, clinical society meetings, CMEs, workshops case/ Thesis discussions.
Conference and CMEs
- In September 2013, Interdepartmental CME conducted by Department of OtoRhinoLaryngology and Pharmacology at Sree Mookambika Insttitute of Medical Sciences on Upper Respiratory Infection in Children.
- In January 2017, Dr. Gopakumar attended CME on common ENT diseases faculty as Azeezia Medical College as a faculty.
- In July 2017, Dr. Gopakumar attended as faculty CME for UGs at Government medical college Asaripallam.
- In ORIENT-2017 Live surgical workshop conducted on December 2017, Dr. Gopakumar chaired as session on tympanoplasty.
Poster presentation at CMEs
- In October 2016, Dr. Noufal Mon presented poster on “Muco Epidermoid carcinoma of Salivary Gland in A Female” at Kentcon 2016 (15 Annual State conference) held at Thiruvalla, Kerala.
- In February 2018, Dr.Geogin presented poster on “A case of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis due to Aspergilloma” at FABFESS-2018 (RHINOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CME & SURGICAL WORKSHOP) Held at Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka.
Research Work
- Dr. Sabari (2014) - Study on laryngopharyngeal reflux disease.
- Dr. Nitin (2015)- Efficacy of Epley’s maneuveres and Lempert’s maneuveres in benign Paroxysmal vertigo.
- Dr. Noufal (2016)-A Study on Aerobic Bacteriology in chronic suppurative Otitis Media and its clinical significance.
- Dr. Praseeda- Nasal Endoscopy versus Computerised tomography in chronic Rhinosinusitis in a tertiary level hospital-A comparative study- ONGOING since 2015
- Dr. Geogin –Effect of diabetes mellitus on sensorineural hearing loss in tertiary health care center- ONGOING since 2016
- Dr. Noufal ( January 2017) – Medical E-journal – MucoEpidermoid carcinoma of Salivary Gland in Female.
- Dr. Niaz (December 2017) – Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Vol.25 No 3- Prevalence of Ossicular Chain Abnormalities in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A Hospital Based Study.
- Dr. Adhavan-Prevalence and Aetiology of Otomycosis in Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences- ONGOING since 2017
List of Scientific Papers Published During 2017-2018
| Title | Name of the Journal | Authors (First 2 authors followed by et al.) | Month and year of publication | Impact factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Muco Epidermoid carcinoma of Salivary Gland in Female | Medical E-Journal | Dr. Noufal | January 2017 | Muco epidermoid carcinoma of parotid gland is very rare in children/Teenagers. |
Prevalence of Ossicular chain Abnormalities in patients with chronic suppurative Otitis media: A Hospital Based study. | Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and head and neck Surgery Vol.25 No 3 | Dr. Fakhurddin Niaz | December 2017 | Good hearing results, case of availability and cost effective method for chronic Otitis media patients implanted |
