Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specialises 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 A somewhat outdated, but nevertheless commonly used, term for this specialty is ENT (ear nose and throat).
Subspecialties
- Head and neck cancer surgery
- Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Neuro-otology (surgery of the inner ear, middle ear, and temporal bone)
- Cranial base surgery
- Sinus surgery
- Sleep apnea and snoring surgery
- Laryngeal and voice surgery
- Tracheal surgery
- Pediatric ear, nose, throat, head and neck surgery
- Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery
- Maxillofacial trauma surgery
Disorders of the ear, nose, throat, head, and neck
- Head and neck cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Sinusitis – acute, chronic
- Rhinitis
- Parotitis
- Laryngitis – inflammation of larynx and vocal cords producing hoarsness
- Tonsillitis – inflammation of tonsils producing pain, odynophagia(painful swallowing), fever etc
- Pharyngitis – inflammation of the pharynx producing symptoms more or less similar to tonsilitis
- Otitis media – middle ear inflammation
- Mandibular fracture repair
| Health science – Medicine |
| Anesthesiology – Dermatology – Emergency Medicine – General practice – Intensive care medicine – Internal medicine – Neurology – Obstetrics & Gynecology – Pediatrics – Podiatry – Public Health & Occupational Medicine – Psychiatry – Radiology – Surgery |
| Branches of Internal medicine |
| Cardiology – Endocrinology – Gastroenterology – Hematology – Infectious diseases – Nephrology – Oncology – Pulmonology – Rheumatology |
| Branches of Surgery |
| General surgery – Cardiothoracic surgery – Neurosurgery – Ophthalmology – Orthopedic surgery – Otolaryngology (ENT) – Plastic surgery – Podiatric surgery – Urology – Vascular surgery |
Categories: Otolaryngology