Department of Otolaryngology

Introduction

Patient care at our department

General outpatient

Reception hours are from 8:30 am to 11:00 am Mon.to Sat. Please bring a referral letter for initial consultations.

Specialty Outpatient

The specialty outpatient is by reservation only. Please contact your doctor in general outpatient.

Hearing aid outpatient: Tues. afternoon

The hearing aid outpatient is an insurance practice where physicians, hearing technicians, and hearing aid companies work together to evaluate the test-fitting of hearing aids and adjust them. The hearing aid may not reach the required volume in one adjustment, unlike glasses. Adjustments will be made for about three months to create a hearing aid that fits just the patient. Please contact us if you have had a hearing aid made in the past but it did not work well. In addition, we recommend cochlear implants for patients with severe hearing loss on both sides who cannot be supported by hearing aids. In addition, we will create a letter of referral to the hearing aid supplier, even if the hearing aid is not handled by our department, so please let us know.

Allergic Rhinitis outpatient

・Sublingual immunotherapy (cedar, mites): Tues afternoon
Immunotherapy is intended to alleviate symptoms by gradually administering allergens that cause the reaction in the body and improving the constitution. It may reach a complete cure, but it is said to be for about 20% of the total. Immunotherapy will be required for three years or more until the therapeutic effects appear. With sublingual immunotherapy, after the fourth visit, the patient may be examined less frequently: only once per month. This treatment is a long term treatment but it can be expected to relieve symptoms, so please contact us if you want this.
・Laser ablation surgery for inferior nasal concha, submucosal resection of inferior nasal concha: Mon. / Fri. afternoons
This is an effective treatment method for patients suffering from nasal congestion. Laser ablation surgery should be done once a year. Submucosal resection of inferior nasal concha is effective for about five years, but it can only be done on one side at a time, so the other side is done two months later. It may not be possible to do this in outpatient cases where the deviation of nasal septum is significant.

Special examination outpatient

ABR, ENG: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri. afternoons

Pediatric ENT Outpatient: First Wed. morning

From guest professor Sakata:
The first thing taught in the professor's pediatric class was "the child is not a miniature adult." It means that children are always growing and developing and they are in process. Therefore, even with pediatric otitis media, it is often the case that the treatment will be different from that of an adult. Pediatric Otolaryngology outpatient will support intractable otitis media focusing on such as child deafness, hearing problems, equilibrium disorders such as dizziness or falling, snoring and sleep apnea. Please consult with us.

Main diseases

Ear area

Ear fistula, pearl tumor tympanitis, exudative otitis media, chronic otitis media, otosclerosis, sudden deafness, acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, vestibular neuritis, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, peripheral facial palsy, hearing aids, cochlear implants

Nose area

Allergic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, paranasal sinus tumor, maxillary sinus mycosis, dental maxillary sinusitis, nasal polyp

Oral throat larynx area

Taste disorders, chronic tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess, sleep apnea syndrome, adenoid dilatation, vocal cord polyps, polypoid vocal cords, laryngeal granulomas, larynx cysts, acute epiglottitis, larynx tumors, swallowing disorders

Neck area

Parotid tumors, submandibular adenocarcinoma, salivolithiasis, thyroid tumors, median cervical cyst, lateral cervical cyst

Target Symptoms

Ear area

Hearing loss, tinnitus, muffled sound, hearing your own voice, dizziness, delay of words, earache, discharge from the ear, paralysis of the face

Nose area

Nasal congestion, nasal drip, post-nasal drip, cheek pain, can't smell

Oral throat larynx area

Snoring, can't taste, repeated high fever, sore throat, sense of incongruity of the throat, voice gets hoarse, dry feeling in the throat, difficult to swallow

Neck area

Neck swelling, pain

Treatment results

Medical staff

Outpatient clinic

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To the Medical Institutions

To the neighboring doctors

Recruitment (medical staff, excursions)

Our department accepts tours and training for medical students, junior residents and senior residents at any time. Also, we will consult, including how to work with doctors who wish to enter our department, so please feel free to contact us by email.

Shigeru Kikuchi shigeruk@saitama-med.ac.jp
Tadashi Tanaka cipher@saitama-med.ac.jp