The Division of ENT at St. Joseph’s Hospital is a comprehensive center equipped to deal with all ENT problems. The Department’s specialists treat patients afflicted with deafness, ear discharge, giddiness / vertigo, ear infections, nose bleeding, sinus infections, tonsil infections, voice change and patients with cancer, as well as those having difficulty swallowing, breathing difficulties, snoring and headaches.

Some of the minimally invasive / new procedures done by the ENT department are Balloon Sinuplasty, Coblator Assisted adeno-tonsillectomy, Microflap microlaryngeal surgeries, Endoscopic Skull base surgeries, Laser Surgeries for many Ear, Nose throat, and laryngeal problems.

Scope of Service

  • Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy
  • Video Laryngoscopy
  • Flexible Nasopharyngo Laryngoscopy
  • Otoendoscopy & Microscopic Examination
  • Tracheoscopy
  • Ear and Nose Piercing
  • Ear Lobe Repair
  • Ear and Nasal Packing and Removals
  • Tracheostomy Tube Change and Decannulation
  • Ryle’s Tube Insertion Under Endoscopic Guidance
  • Electric Cauterization for Ear, Nose, and Throat Bleeding
  • Intratympanic Injection
  • Lacrimal Duct Syringing with Silastic Stenting and Removal
  • Wax and Keratosis Removal
  • Excision and Biopsy
  • Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block
  • Salivary Calculus Removal
  • Incision and Drainage
  • Foreign Body Removal
  • Myringoplasty
  • Tracheostomy and Suture Removal
  • Central and Peripheral Vertigo Panel Evaluation
  • Nystagmus Evaluation
  • Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
  • Fluoroscopy Assessment of Swallowing
  • Sleep Study
  • CPAP Trial and Dispensing
  • Multidisciplinary Management of Sleep Apnoea

 

Inpatient Department:

  • Endoscopic Nasal and Skull Base Surgeries (Pituitary Tumours, CSF Leak Repair, Nasal Tumours, Septorhinoplasty)
  • Hearing Restoration Surgeries (Cochlear Implant, BAHA Implant, Tympanoplasty and Ossiculoplasty, Stapedotomy/Stapedectomy)
  • Endoscopic Orbital Surgeries (Optic/Orbital Nerve Decompression, Medial Orbital Tumours, Dacryocystorhinostomy)
  • Microscopic Lateral Skull Base Surgeries
  • Adult and Paediatric Airway Surgeries and Foreign Body Removal
  • Benign Head and Neck Tumour Surgeries
  • Surgeries for Sleep Apnoea / Snoring
  • Laser Assisted ENT, Head and Neck Surgeries