The specialty of ENT (ear, nose and throat) or otolaryngology is focused on disorders/conditions that range from extremely minor (such as a sore throat) to very complex (such as cancer). The otolaryngologists - ENT physicians - at St. Luke's are leaders in diagnosing, managing and treating conditions and diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
Patients at St. Luke's benefit from skull base endoscopic equipment for performing minimally invasive surgery. The endoscopic approach allows surgeons to remove tumors that otherwise would require a large cranial opening and brain retraction or disfiguring facial scars. Instead an endoscope is advanced through a natural opening such as the nasal cavity.
St. Luke's also boasts an innovative electromagnetic image-guided Fusion™ ENT Navigation System for patients undergoing endoscopic sinus procedures. Similar to a global positioning system, the equipment provides the surgeon with real-time images to help navigate in the sinuses for precise removal of diseased tissue while avoiding critical areas.
The patient's care will be provided by a highly qualified nursing staff. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital was re-designated the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet status in 2009 due to our commitment to interdisciplinary practice, ongoing professional development, use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of nursing care and ongoing nursing research. We were the 37th hospital in the nation and first in Texas and the Southwest to receive the honor in 2001, and again in 2005. St. Luke's has joined the elite one percent of hospitals in the nation to achieve this status three times.
Audiology
balance/vestibluar testing
cochlear implants
hearing aids
hearing loss
hearing tests
implantable hearing aids
infant hearing screening
vestibular rehabilitation
Head and Neck Cancer
carotid body tumors
facial skin cancers
head and neck tumors
hypopharyngeal cancer
laryngeal/supraglottic cancer
melanoma
neck metastasis
oropharyngeal cancer
salivary gland tumors
skull base tumors
supraglottic cancer
thyroid/parathyroid surgery
tongue cancer
vagal paragangliomas
Facial Plastic Surgery
facelifts
reconstruction
rhinoplasty
skin cancer
Rhinology (Nose and Sinus)
acute/subacute/chronic sinusitis
allergic/vasomotor rhinitis
anosmia
cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
choanal atresia
encephalocele
endoscopic sinus surgery
eosinophilic rhinosinusitis
epistaxis
esthesioneuroblastoma
intranasal tumors
juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
nasal cancer
nasal congestion
nasal polyposis
nasal septal deviation
nasal septal reconstruction
nasal valve collapse
paranasal sinus tumors
Laryngology (Voice)
airway obstruction
CO2 laser treatment
Cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction
dysphonia
esophagoscopy
Otology/Neurotology (Ear)
acoustic neuroma
autoimmune inner ear disease
balance/vestibular disorders
canal stenosis and atresia
cholesteatoma
chronic otitis meda
cochlear implants
conductive hearing loss
ear and temporal bone (glomus) cancer
eustachian tube dysfunction
facial nerve disorders
hearing aids
implantable hearing devices
inner ear tumors
middle ear tumors
otosclerosis
sensorineural hearing loss
skull based tumors
tinnitus
tympanic membrane perforation
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