E.N.T. Department
Overview
The Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery is the province’s sole specialty dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric otolaryngology–head and neck disorders. Each year, it manages over 240,000 outpatient visits, performs approximately 6,200 surgeries, and conducts around 80,000 hearing assessments. The department is supported by a highly skilled team of 33 specialists, including 1 chief physician, 5 associate chief physicians, 17 attending physicians, and 10 resident physicians, along with 7 certified audiologists and 20 specialized nurses. It holds multiple prestigious designations, such as Chair Unit of the Audiology Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association, Chair Unit of the Audiology and Speech Rehabilitation Committee of the Zhejiang Rehabilitation Medical Association, Chair Unit of the Zhejiang Pediatric Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Alliance, Zhejiang Pediatric Ear and Hearing Health Center, Member of the China Hearing Health Alliance, and Network Member Unit of the National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngology Diseases. The department has undertaken significant research, including 2 National Major Scientific Research Programs (973 Sub-projects), 3 General Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, 1 National Center Project, 4 Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation Projects, 7 Zhejiang Provincial Health Department Projects, and 1 Zhejiang Provincial Education Department Project. Its achievements have been recognized with awards such as the Second Prize of the Zhejiang Provincial Medical and Health Science and Technology Innovation Award and the Second Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award.
The services in the department cover five major categories: otology, rhinology, throat science, tracheoesophagus, head and neck surgery.
Outpatient service: ear, nose, throat, tracheoesophagus, and head and neck diseases.
Surgical scope:
Ear: radical mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty and osseous bone implantation, cochlear implantation, eustachian tube dilatation, early noninvasive correction of auricle deformity, congenital anterior ear fistula resection, tympanic catheterization (including tympanic membrane puncture and incision), accessory ear resection, auricle cyst resection, ear trauma debridement and suture, external ear canal foreign body removal, etc.
Nose: sinusitis, nasal endoscopic surgery, sinus balloon dilatation, endoscopic decompression under the nose, posterior nostril atresia, nasal mass resection, nasal trauma debridement and suture, nasal foreign body removal, etc.
Throat: tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, laryngeal cystectomy, fiber laryngoscope, laryngeal papilloma resection, congenital laryngeal softening, laryngotracheal stenosis, piriformis fistula, etc.
Trachea: respiratory foreign body removal, tracheotomy, etc.
Neck: thyroglossal duct cyst surgery, neck tumor diagnosis and treatment, etc.
Cochlear implantation, eustachian tube dilatation, early noninvasive correction of auricle deformity, sinus balloon dilatation, posterior nostril atresia.
Professional Features
The precision imported instruments and equipment in the department: Leica Ms-2 surgical microscope; Explorent ear surgery micro-instrument, laryngeal surgery micro-instrument and camera display system; Bienair micro multifunctional power system; Medtronic otolaryngology integrated power system; Olypus fiber nasopharyngoscope; Mega comprehensive treatment table; Storz nasal endoscope and camera display system, etc. It can complete the diagnosis and treatment of various common diseases of pediatric otolaryngology head and neck surgery, especially congenital laryngeal wheezing, hearing impairment, auricle deformity; respiratory tract foreign bodies, laryngeal papilloma, snoring diseases and other diseases.
Currently, it has soundproof rooms and electromagnetic shielding rooms that meet the national hearing testing standards, equipped with pure tone audiometry rooms, acoustic impedance test rooms, auditory evoked potential test rooms, hearing screening rooms, behavior test rooms, hearing aid programming rooms, cochlear implant debugging room, etc.; it also equipped with diagnostic pure-tone audiometer, multi-frequency detection acoustic impedance instrument, diagnostic otoacoustic emission instrument, automatic brainstem evoked potential, diagnostic auditory brainstem evoked potential and multi-frequency steady-state evoked potential instrument. Therefore, it can operate neurological examinations, including pure tone audiometry, acoustic impedance, screening and diagnostic otoacoustic emissions, auditory brainstem evoked potentials, multi-frequency steady-state evoked potentials, automatic brainstem evoked potentials; and projects, including behavior testing, game audiometry and language assessment.
ENT Department is responsible for the clinical, teaching and scientific research tasks of pediatric otolaryngology head and neck surgery.
