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 A somewhat outdated, but nevertheless commonly used, term for this specialty is ENT (ear nose and throat).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) - Pediatric surgery - Plastic surgery - Podiatric surgery - Urology - Vascular surgery |