OTOLARYNGOLOGY SERVICES

At the San Raffaele Hospital we offer diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the ear, nose and throat with great experience and professionalism, thanks to the use of advanced diagnostic and surgical instrumentation.

MAJOR DISEASES AND TREATMENTS

• Cancers of the head (Cancers of the nose and paranasal sinuses, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, ear, salivary glands);
• Neck tumours;
• Inflammatory diseases of the nose such as sinusitis, polyps, turbinate hypertrophy, adenoiditis;
• Aesthetic and functional defects of the nose and septum;
• Ear diseases such as chronic otitis, simple and cholesteatoma, tympanic perforation, otosclerosis, vertigo, tinnitus, labyrinthine disorders;
• Diseases of the pharynx such as chronic tonsillitis, fibropapillomas, soft palate abnormalities besides sleep disorders (such as snoring or sleep apnea);
• Laryngeal pathologies such as nodules, polyps and chordal cysts, laryngeal stenosis, cord palsy and more generally voice disorders treatable with surgery;
• Diseases of the salivary glands such as sialadenitis and salivary calculi;
• Thyroid diseases requiring surgical intervention.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRUCTURE

• 22 beds
• Ambulatory services coordinated in multiple locations in Milan with equipment for rigid and flexible videoendoscopy, for computed video laringo stroboscopy, for otomicroscopy and for the most comprehensive cochleovestibular diagnosis (audiometric tests, vestibular testing with electronystagmography, detection of evoked auditory potentials and otoacoustic emission, etc.)
• 1 operating room equipped with all the latest equipment, such as surgical microscope, video system for endoscopic surgery, diode lasers, CO2 lasers, surgical system with radio frequency, computerised navigation systems

Operative Unit of Otolaryngology – Sector A, 7th floor

IRCCS Hospital San Raffaele

Via Olgettina, 60 – 20132 Milan (Italy)