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Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery provides diagnoses and treatments for disorders of ears, nose, throat and neck in patients of all ages, including both medical and surgical patients. An emphasis is placed on an individual patient-oriented approach, providing detailed explanations and meeting patient needs.
Medical services
Approximately 30 physicians provide general outpatient services in the morning and specialized outpatient services in the afternoon three days per week. An appointment is required for consultation. More than 800 cases of surgeries for ear, nose, voice and swallowing disorders, and neck and head tumors are performed annually.
Diagnosis and treatment policy
Both at general and specialized outpatient clinics, professors, associate professors, lecturers, assistant professors, young medical staff, and interns discuss individual cases to determine treatment plans. High quality and holistic care is provided.
Specialties
Hearing impairment
: In patients from infants to adults. Surgery for middle ear disorders, instructions regarding the use and care for a hearing aids for perceptive deafness, cochlear implant surgery.
Dizziness
Detailed examination, diagnosis, rehabilitation, medical therapy
Head and neck cancer
A combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical therapy is used so as to conserve function
Voice and swallowing disorders
From surgery to rehabilitation
Chronic sinusitis
Examination, diagnosis, surgery
Target diseases
Sudden hearing loss, low-tone sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere’s disease, acoustic tumors, age-related hearing loss, hereditary deafness, otosclerosis, chronic otitis media, aural atresia, microtia, central hearing loss, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, postoperative paranasal sinus cysts, nasal and paranasal sinus tumors, ear and temporal bone tumors, lingual cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, thyroid tumor, salivary gland tumors in the parotid and submaxillary glands, Bell’s palsy, benign paroxysmal postural vertigo (BPPV), vestibular neuronitis, dysphonia, dysphagia
Advanced treatments/ Specialized treatments
- Cochlear implant surgery
- Artificial auditory brain stem implant surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Navigation surgery
Frequently performed tests
- Standard pure-tone audiometry, standard speech audiometry, conditioned orientation response (COR) audiometry, and ABR are performed in combination with a computer program for patients ranging in age from babies to the elderly.
- ENG (electronystagmogran): Eye-movement tests in patients with dizziness
- Ultrasound examination: Examination for tumors
- Olfactory and gustatory tests: Tests for smell and taste sensation
- Phonetic function test: Computer evaluation of abnormal voice
Departments/Divisions
Otorhinolaryngology and Auditory and Voice Surgery
Titles
M.D. , Ph.D.
Expertise/Specialties
Otology, Audiology, Neurotology
Research Interests
Cochlear implant, hearing loss, regeneration, anti-aging
Languages
Japanese, English
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Major diseases and number of new patients treated in this department
|
Disease name |
Number of new patients |
1 |
Chronic otitis media and otitis media involving cholesteatoma |
70 |
2 |
Pediatric hearing loss |
100 |
3 |
Facial nerve paralysis |
112 |
6 |
Hypopharyngeal cancer |
42 |
7 |
Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer |
40 |
8 |
Vocal cord polyps and nodules |
14 |
Areas of expertise, treatment and examination methods
Diseases
- Chronic otitis media and otitis media involving cholesteatoma
- Congenital hearing loss
- External auditory canal atresia
- Chronic sinusitis
- Olfactory disorders
- Oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer
- Vocal cord paralysis
- Dysphagia
Treatment methods
- Tympanoplasty
- Cochlear implant surgery
- External auditory canal plasty with the perforator flaps
- Endoscopic sinus surgery (navigation)
- Transoral partial laryngopharyngectomy
- Reconstruction with the free muscle flaps
- Combined chemoradiation therapy
- Surgical procedures for voice restoration
- Swallowing surgery
Examination methods
- ABR
- Pediatric hearing loss assessment
- Facial nerve examination
- Balance function test
- Narrow band imaging (NBI)
- Swallowing function assessment
- Swallowing reflex test
Numbers of major surgeries performed in this department
2 |
Cochlear implant surgery |
44 |
4 |
Endoscopic sinus surgery |
111 |
5 |
Surgery for oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer |
71 |
6 |
Surgery for tumot of paranasal sinus |
15 |
7 |
Parotid and submandibular gland surgery |
36 |
9 |
Arytenoid adduction surgery and thyroplasty |
14 |
Numbers of major examinations conducted in this department
|
Name of examination |
Number |
1 |
Standard pure-tone audiometry |
4,833 |
2 |
Standard speech audiometry |
830 |
3 |
Conditioned orientation reflex (COR) audiometry |
756 |
4 |
Tympanometry and stapes reflex measurement |
870 |
5 |
ABR, DPOAE, and SOAE |
562 |
7 |
Videofluorography (esophagography) for swallowing |
752 |