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What do Paediatric ENT Surgeons do?
Paediatric ENT surgeons undertake specialist training in addition to their general ENT training in order to acquire additional knowledge and surgical skills in the management of this special patient group. Paediatric ENT surgeons take care of children with “special” ENT problems and ENT problems in “special” children. They provide medical and surgical care for both normal “healthy” children and children who are “special” because of their complex and often uncommon diseases and disorders. They are skilled in the management of children with complicated or unusual problems of head and neck. They also understand how underlying medical conditions in children may impact on their ENT care. Because of the complex nature of many of these illnesses, Paediatric ENT surgeons have close working relations with other paediatric specialities including: allergy, anaesthesia, audiology, paediatric medicine, paediatric surgery, cleft palate and craniofacial surgery, cardiac surgery, intensive care, oncology and speech therapy. This multidisciplinary approach provides the ideal and most effective means of delivering the high quality care needed for this special patient population. The conditions managed by Paediatric ENT surgeons include common illnesses as well as unique and special problems only seen within this patient group. The following is a summary of the conditions cared for by Paediatric ENT surgeons: COMMON ENT ILLNESSES Recurrent sore throats Hearing loss Ear infections Allergy Snoring & obstructive sleep apnoea Nasal blockage SPECIAL ENT PROBLEMS Head & Neck Neck masses Neck sinuses Developmental malformations Neck infections Tumours Nose & Paranasal Sinuses Nasal obstruction Facial pain Epistaxis Rhinorrhea Headaches Snoring Sinusitis Airway & Food Passages Stridor Hoarseness Cough Drooling Foreign bodies Obstructive sleep apnoea Tumours Ears Hearing loss Pain Tinnitus Ear discharge Facial nerve weakness Discharging sinus Prominent (bat) ears ”SPECIAL” CHILDREN WITH ENT PROBLEMS Premature infants Craniofacial disorders & velopharyngeal insufficiency Down’s syndrome & other chromosomal abnormalities Immune deficiencies Cystic fibrosis Asthma Disorders of coagulation Neurological or neuromuscular impairment Organ transplants Developmental delay |
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