KNUST School of Medical Science Eye Ear Nose Throat Department

KNUST School of Medical Science Eye Ear Nose Throat Department

Department of Eye Ear Nose & Throat

Following are the definitions of the activities undertaken by the department

EAR

  1. Anomalies of the external Ear and External Auditory Canal.
  2. Infectious and Inflammatory diseases of the External Ear Otitis externa; Acute Otitis media; Acute presuppurative; Complications of acute/chronic otitis media; Chronic otitis media
  3. Sequellae of middle Ear infections
  4. Serous Otitis Media/Tubal Dysfunction
  5. Hearing Loss: Conductive hearing loss; Sensory neural Hearing Loss
  6. Disaeses of the inner Ear.

NOSE

  1. Nasal Obstruction: Infancy ,Childhood
  2. Allergy: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergic Sinutis
  3. Nasopharyngaeal Carcinoma
  4. Sinusitis, Complications
  5. Headache
  6. Epistaxes

THROAT

  1. Tonsils and Adenoids: Acute Tonsillitis; Adenoids; tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy; Sore Throat
  2. Larynx: Hoarseness; Croupy Infections; Laryngeal Obstruction; Foreign Bodies in the air passages; Tracheostomy
  3. Salivary Gland: disorders of the Salivary glands; Facial Nerve; Diseases of the Oesophagus
  4. Miscellaneaous: HIV Manifestation of ENT; Snoring

EYE

  1. Clinical Examination: Visual Acuity,Visual Fields, Papillary Ram, Funduscopy, Slit Lamp Examination
  2. Oculor Pathology: Eye Lids, Orbit; Lacrimal Drainage System; Conjunctival Diseases; Cornea-Sclera Disorders;Uveitis – Glaucomas; Cataract and  other lens Disorders; Retinal Disorders; Squint and Strabismus; Neuro-Ophthalmology
  3. Ocular Emergencies: The Acute Red Eye;Ocular Traumas- Sudden Loss of Vision.

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