The Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) in Al Arif Hospital is one of the most well-equipped departments with experienced faculty and infrastructure. The department has adjusted well with the advancement of medical technology, with the advent of modern day telescopes and operating microscopes. The dept. now handles various ear-nose-throat and neck disorders efficiently and precisely. The dept. has state-of-the art microscopes to perform all micro ear surgeries. Micro laryngeal surgeries and voice-improving phono surgery are also performed.

Services offered:

Outpatient clinic procedures performed:

• Nasal endoscopy
• Microscopy of the ear
• Intratympanic gentamicin administration
• Myringotomy and grommet insertion
• Epley's maneuver
• Positional testing

Surgeries for deafness and discharging ears:

• Myringoplasty
• Tympanoplasty
• Middle ear reconstruction
• Stapedotomy
• Facial nerve decompression
• Tumors of the middle ear/mastoid system
• Glomus tympanicum

Surgery of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses:

• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
• Endoscopic repair of (CSF) cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
• Septoplasty
• Rhinoplasty (open and closed)
• Surgeries for tumours of the nose and PNS
• Endoscopic skull base surgery (pituitary tumours, JNA etc.)
• Snoring surgeries

Surgery of the Throat and Neck

• Adenotonsillectomy
• Surgery for treatment of snoring (OSAS) such as uvulo palato pharyngoplasty (UPPP) expansion pharyngoplasty and tongue based procedures
• Tumours of throat and larynx
• Thyroidectomy
• Surgery for salivary glands
• Microlaryngeal surgery
• Upper aero digestive endoscopy for adults and children
• Removal of foreign bodies