If you have a health problem in your head or neck, your doctor may recommend that you see an otolaryngologist. This is the person who treats your ear, nose, or throat problems, as well as related areas in your head and neck. They are called ENT for short.
In the 19th century, doctors realized that the ears, nose, and throat are connected by a system of tubes and passages. They developed special tools to look more closely at those areas and came up with ways to treat the problems. A new medical specialty was born.
The endoscopic endonasal approach is a minimally invasive surgical approach to the skull base that has been refined and performed at UPMC by a multidisciplinary surgical team to remove skull base brain tumors and lesions through the nose.
Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is a widely performed and safe procedure for the treatment of lacrimal duct obstruction presenting as epiphora or dacryocystitis. The current success rate is over 90%. There is very little information about the ...
The ENT department at Shiraz, Iran deals with all diseases of the nose, sinuses, throat, larynx and ears
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It can treat the most complex conditions medically and surgically if needed. Some of the common problems that are dealt with are sinusitis, tonsillitis, hearing disorders including otosclerosis, glue ear syndrome, etc. The otolaryngologist team can perform the following treatments and surgeries: