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A GENERAL OVERVIEW
10 Things to know about Otolaryngology
- Problems concerning the ears, nose and throat,
head and neck symptoms are the most common in medicine.
- This field is a surgical specialty treating
ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
- Treatment is available for: disorders of
hearing, breathing, sinuses, the voice, plastic surgery of the face
and neck, tumor surgery of the mouth throat, face and neck.
- Advanced instrumentation, microsurgery, out
patient surgery and improved medications enhance our care of complex
clinical problems.
- Most surgeries can be done on an out-patient
basis.
- Early diagnosis and treatment of head and
neck cancer can result in treatment cures with a healthy productive
life-style for patients.
- Some forms of deafness are reversible surgically.
- Snoring can be helped with certain types
of surgery.
- Nasal deformities from accident, injury or
birth, with breathing obstruction,can be corrected and may be covered
by insurance.
- To qualify for board certification, a physician
must complete five or more years of post MD specialty training.
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