Description

OPD stands for "Outpatient Department," which refers to a medical facility or clinic where patients receive medical evaluation and treatment without being admitted to the hospital. We treat people of all ages with a wide range of ENT diseases which makes being an ENT surgeon so interesting and rewarding. We see more children than most other surgeons apart from those in paediatrics. We treat conditions that affect the senses such as hearing and balance disorders or smell and taste problems. We treat patients with conditions that affect their voice, breathing and swallowing as well as those with head and neck tumours. ENT has possibly the widest range of operations of any speciality. We treat ear conditions such as hearing loss, childhood ‘glue ear’ (where the middle ear is blocked with fluid), dizziness, ear infections and perforated ear drums. We treat nose conditions such as sinus infections, nasal injuries, tumours and disorders of the sense of smell and throat conditions, ranging from tonsillitis through breathing problems to cancers of the mouth or throat. We also involved in facial cosmetic surgery, for example on ears and noses and facial reconstruction following trauma or cancer. We will work closely with a range of other specialists including plastic surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons and ophthalmologists. We spend a higher proportion of Our time in outpatient clinics seeing day cases beacause of which it is for patient to get an apponintment. We makes use of the latest technology including lasers to treat patients which often means minimally invasive surgery and faster recovery times. Advances in care mean that you can often deliver life-changing treatment, for example helping a profoundly deaf person gain a sense of hearing and sound after surgery on the middle ear.