ENT Hospital in Baner, Pune

Otorhinolaryngology / Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)

Otorhinolaryngology is a medical speciality that deals with various diseases and disorders related to ear, nose, throat, head and neck.

The ENT department is well-equipped with the state-of-the-art infrastructure and latest cutting-edge technology for treating disorders related to the ear, nose, throat, head and neck region.

Services Provided

Services provided by the department of otorhinolaryngology / ENT at Manipal Hospital, Baner, New Pune include:

Out-Patient Department (OPD) Services: The OPD is available 6 days a week and the process of admission is quick and simple. 

At OPD, the following services are offered. 
 

Audiology

Audiology focuses on hearing and balance disorders. The ENT department at Manipal Hospitals, Baner is one of the most advanced centers for comprehensive hearing evaluation and rehabilitation in northern India. The audiology department offers 
 

• Electrophysiological testing (diagnose arrhythmia or abnormal heartbeats)

• Diagnostic subjective audiometry services (identify causes of hearing loss)

• Evaluation, programming, and dispensing of hearing aids 

• Speech and hearing in noise testing

• Examination under a microscope with suction clearance and control of retraction pathologies of the tympanic membrane

Endoscopy

Endoscopy services include a wide range of improved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used to treat patients with problems related to voice, swallowing and throat. Procedure includes
 

• Flexible laryngoscopy diagnostic with or without biopsy 

• Flexible laryngoscopy with vocal fold injections/laser ablation/narrow-band imaging

• Nasal endoscopy and nasopharyngoscopy

Some of the procedures carried out for early cancer detection include:
 

• Biopsy (cells/ tissues sample are extracted to determine the presence or extent of disease)

• Narrow-band imaging (used to detect head and neck cancer)

• Vocal fold steroids (Steroid injection to treat vocal fold scar)

• Botulinum toxin injection

• Laser ablative procedures (for better skin tone and texture)
   

Outpatient Procedures

Advanced operating microscopes and endoscopes are used to perform nasal or otological procedures. Outpatient procedures provide improved outcomes as well as cost-cutting to patients by avoiding hospital admissions. Some of the common procedures offered include:
 

• Myringotomy: A small incision/hole is made in the eardrum to release middle ear fluid. This procedure can be carried out with or without a ventilation tube.

• Postoperative debridement of mastoid cavities (cavity inside the ear) to eliminate the local infection of the ear.

• Drainage of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses to clear the blockage in the nasal cavity.   

• Positional therapeutic manoeuvres for vertigo control

• Drainage of minor abscesses 

• Intraoral injection of steroids for submucous fibrosis

In-patient and Surgical Procedures: The department of ENT at Manipal Hospital Baner boasts of the most advanced and state of the art operating theatres, equipped with advanced equipment and well-trained operating room personnel, surgeons, technicians and nursing staff in all subspecialties of otolaryngology. Some of the surgical procedures include:
 

Otology

The field of medicine that specialises in diseases of the ear
 

• Tympanoplasty- The procedure involves reconstruction of the internal ear to improve hearing and prevent infections.

• Cortical and Modified radical mastoidectomy- The surgical removal of diseased mastoid air cells. 

• Ossiculoplasty- Disrupted or destroyed ossicular chain (bones of the middle ear) is surgically reconstructed to improve conductive hearing.

• Canaloplasty- Procedure to widen a narrowed external auditory canal

• Stapedotomy- removal of extra bony build up inside the ear to aid hearing
   

Neurotology

Focuses on the treatment of inner ear conditions
 

• Facial nerve decompression and grafting- Surgical therapy for the management of acute facial paralysis.

• Labyrinthectomy- Some parts of the inner ear that sense gravity and motion are removed to control vertigo

• Subtotal petrosectomy- Surgical removal of all air cells of the temporal bone

• Temporal bone resection

• Translabyrinthine procedures-Done for tumours

• Infratemporal fossa approach for paragangliomas (rare tumour behind the ear)

Auditory implantation

Advanced auditory and cochlear implantation which enables the patient to improve their understanding of speech and speaking ability.
 

• Cochlear implants

• Bone conduction implants

• Active middle ear implants (Vibrant Sound-bridge)
   

Rhinology

Branch of medicine that deals with conditions of the nose
 

• Septoplasty- The septum or the cartilage in the nose that separates nostrils is straightened.

• Turbinoplasty- The turbinate located on either side of the septum is repositioned. 

• Basic and Advanced Endoscopic sinus surgery

• Endoscopic medial maxillectomy

• Modified Lothrop Procedure for frontal sinus disease

• Balloon sinuplasty

• Coblation assisted sinus surgery- Makes use of low temperature radiofrequency and saline solution to gently and remove the tissue
   

Laryngology

The branch of medicines that deals with conditions of the larynx or voice box.
 

• Micro laryngeal surgery with or without lasers- done for correcting voice disorders or to diagnose laryngeal cancer

• Thyroplasty for voice correction

• Tracheostomy for patients with breathing difficulties
   

Bronchoesophagology

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of the airway passage and esophageal diseases
 

• Rigid diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy

• Airway stenting.
   

Pediatric otolaryngology
 

• Tonsillectomy- The swollen or infected tonsils are removed surgically

• Adenoidectomy- Swollen adenoid glands located behind the nose are surgically removed.

• Myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion

• Tracheostomy

• Surgery for choanal atresia and subglottic stenosis repair

• Endolaryngeal surgery for laryngeal papillomatosis.

Head and neck surgery
 

• Thyroidectomy (Hemi/Total)- A part of the entire thyroid is surgically removed. Thyroid disorders such as goitre (a noncancerous enlargement of the thyroid), hyperthyroidism, or cancer are treated using thyroidectomy.

• Laryngectomy- surgical removal of the larynx

• Parotidectomy- Removal of the parotid gland

• Submandibular (salivary) gland excision

• Sialendoscopy: Endoscopic interventions of salivary gland ductal system