Workshop on ENT surgeries

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, AUG. 20. Ten live surgeries of ear and nose with facility for interacting with the surgeons performing them will be the highlights of a two-day surgical workshop to be organised by the Upgraded Institute of Otorhinolaryngology of the Madras Medical College, beginning August 23.

The Department Director, Dr. N. Radhakrishnan, said the nasal endoscope offered the ENT surgeon better access in terms of skull base surgery. Over 350 delegates were expected to attend the workshop and focus would be on treatment of conductive hearing loss, ear discharge and endoscopic sinus.

Donors have recently provided the department with three operating microscopes and an endoscopy unit worth over Rs. 10 lakhs. The department has also acquired an American software called ``Dr.Speech'' to facilitate analysis and diagnosis of problems associated with the vocal cords and the larynx. The electroglotto graph unit, used as an integral component along with the software, provides graphic images of amplitude and sound levels of speech.

The Health Minister, Mr. N. Veerasami, will inaugurate the workshop, according to the organisers.

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