747, Poonamalle High Road
(Opp. Pachaiyappa's College)
Kilpauk, Chennai-600010
+91 73977 68795
044 4074 2000
Laryngology (Throat)
Throat is vital to many functions like breathing, swallowing, speech and voice which affects the daily quality of life of a person. At the Department of ENT (Otorhinolaryngology) in THANC Hospital, we provide expert care for a wide range of throat disorders for all ages.
Symptoms of ear disorders
- Throat pain
- Sore throat
- Sensation of lump in the throat
- Difficulty in swallowing
- Difficulty in breathing
- Change in voice
- Aspiration
- Swellings in mouth & throat
- Mouth ulcers
- Chronic cough
- Foreign body sensation in throat
Conditions Treated
- Oral & Pharyngeal thrush
- Aphthous ulcers
- Tonsillitis
- Pharyngitis
- Allergic pharyngitis
- Upper respiratory infections
- Tracheobronchitis
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Quinsy
- Ludwig’s angina
- Vocal cord polyp
- Vocal nodule
- Vocal cord palsy
- Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
- Airway stenosis
- Carcinoma of oral, oropharyngeal & laryngeal region
- Dysphagia
- Tracheostomy decannulation
- Swallowing rehabilitation
Treatment Approaches
The Department of ENT (Otorhinolaryngology) in THANC Hospital is equipped to diagnose and treat various conditions affecting the throat with state-of-the-art facilities
The out-patient procedures and facilities include:
- Digital Chromograph
- Rigid endoscopy
- Flexible Naso-pharyngo-laryngoscopy
- Stroboscope
- Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
- Modified Barium Swallow Study (Video Fluoroscopy)
- Trans Nasal Esophagoscopy
- Voice Prosthesis change
Surgeries performed:
- Laser assisted tumor excision
- Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM)
- Injection Laryngoplasty (link)
- Thyroplasty (link)
- TORS (Trans Oral Robotic Surgery) (link)
- Partial/ Total Laryngectomy
- TEP with Voice prosthesis insertion
- Surgeries for dysphagia (Phago-surgery)
- Micro-laryngoscopy and excision of benign lesions of larynx
- Foreign body removal
- Tracheostomy
- Swallowing therapy & rehabilitation
- Laryngeal reinnervation (link)
- Esophagoscopy and Dilatation
MEET YOUR CARE TEAM
Departmental Surgeon
Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan
MBBS, MS (ORLHNS), DNB (ENT), PDCC (Neuro – Otology)
ENT / Otorhinolaryngologist | Skull Base Surgeon | Neuro – Otologist
Departmental Surgeon
Dr. Sankavi Dhanasekar
MBBS, MS (ENT)
ENT / Otorhinolaryngologist
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