Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

Overview

At Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, is known for its dedication to providing patients with exceptional care by employing the most relevant clinical techniques. For the benefit of the patients, necessary examinations and operations are performed using cutting-edge equipment. Both in-patients and out-patients receive comfortable services, and on alternating days, specialized clinics like headache, allergy,skull base and vertigo clinics are organized. There are also other specialty tests available that patients can avail at a low cost.

Highlights

Emergency services, including tracheostomies and the removal of foreign bodies in ENT are performed round the clock hours. Patients who are ill are given the utmost care. Patients have a choice of general, semi private, or private wards.

Our Services

Outpatient Care

On weekdays, from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology operates in OP No. 11 (A Block) and offers outpatient services. The diagnostic techniques carried out in the OP include video laryngoscopy, otoendoscopy, and nasal endoscopy. Keloids are frequently treated with intralesional steroid injections and ear lobe restoration. When necessary, throat swabs are collected and sent for C/S. With the aid of an endoscope, oral cavity biopsies are obtained and sent for HPE. On an OP basis, audiological exams are performed. For newborns, OAE screening is conducted.

Inpatient

Patients who need hospitalisation and post-operative care can avail from the eighty-bed wards, with an equal number of beds set aside for male, female and pediatric patients. The wards are well ventilated. The patient has a choice of semi private, private, and general wards. Seriously ill patients are evaluated at the zero-delay ward and then transported for fast treatment to the intensive care unit.

Special Clinics

Patients at the allergy clinic receive the highest level of care, and if necessary, a diagnostic nasal endoscopy is done. For individuals with BPPV, manoeuvre charts are offered and thoroughly discussed at the vertigo clinic. In the headache clinic, a proforma is used to record patient information and concerns.

Special Investigations provided such as:

• Diagnostic nasal endoscopy
• Videolaryngoscopy
• Examination under microscope
• Newborn screening for hearing loss
• Brainstem evoked response audiometry
• Otoacoustic emission
• Impedance audiometry
• Speech therapy