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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
    

HELPFUL LINKS
To learn more about otolaryngology, St. Luke's has provided links to other web sites that may have other useful information.  Please note that these links will lead to other sites on the Internet.  St. Luke's has not reviewed them and makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the information contained within them.

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery