Otolaryngology
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Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head & neck disorders. The full name of the specialty is otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Practitioners are called otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons, or sometimes otorhinolaryngologists (ORL). A somewhat outdated, but nevertheless commonly used, term for this speciality is ENT (ear, nose and throat).
Explanation
Otolaryngologists are medical doctors who complete at least five years of surgical residency training (one year in general surgery, four years in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery). Following residency training, some otolaryngologists elect to complete advanced subspeciality fellowships which are usually one or two years in duration. As with all medical fellowships, acceptance is highly competitive.
Subspecialties
| Head and Neck | Facial plastics | Otology | Neuro-otology | Rhinosinusology | Laryngology | Pediatrics
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Surgical oncology
| Facial cosmetics | Ear | Middle and inner ear | Sinusitis | Voice therapy | VeloPalatine-Insufficiency | ||||||
Reconstruction
| Maxillofacial | Hearing | Temporal bone | Allergy | Phono-surgery | Cleft Lip and Palate | ||||||
Endocrine surgery
| Trauma | | Skull base | Anterior skull base | | Airway | ||||||
| | | Dizziness | Apnea and snoring | | Vascular Malformations | ||||||
| | | | | | Cochlear Implant/BAHA |
Topics in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
General Otolaryngology
- Deviated septum
- Laryngitis - inflammation of larynx and vocal cords producing hoarsness
- Parotitis
- Pharyngitis - inflammation of the pharynx producing symptoms more or less similar to tonsilitis
- Snoring and sleep apnea
- Tonsillitis - inflammation of tonsils producing pain, odynophagia(painful swallowing), fever etc
Head and Neck/Reconstructive Surgery
- Head and neck cancer
- *Oncology
- **Chemotherapy
- ***Chemotherapy regimens
- **Radiation therapy
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Thyroid cancer
Otology/Neuro-Otology
- Dizziness
- * BPPV - Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- * labyrinthitis/vestibular neuronitis
- * Ménière's disease/Endolymphatic hydrops
- * Perilymphatic fistula
- * acoustic neuroma
- Hearing loss
- Mastoiditis
- Otitis externa - outer ear or ear canal inflammation
- Otitis media - middle ear inflammation
- Otitis interna - inner ear inflammation
- Perforated eardrum (hole in the eardrum due to infection, trauma, explosion or loud noise)
Rhinosinusology/Skull Base
Pediatrics
Laryngology
Trauma/Facial Plastics
- Mandibular fracture repair
Societies
- [American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery]
- [Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery]
- [The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society]
External links
| Health science – Medicine - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] |
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| Branches of Internal medicine |
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| Branches of Surgery |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | Dermatologic surgery | General surgery | Gynecological surgery | Neurosurgery | Ophthalmic surgery | Oral and maxillofacial surgery | Organ Transplantation | Orthopedic surgery | Otolaryngology (ENT) | Pediatric surgery | Plastic surgery | Podiatric surgery | Surgical oncology | Trauma surgery | Urology | Vascular surgery |
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