Ear, Nose & Throat/Otolaryngology
The best treatment for ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems in children involves a team approach. Our pediatric ENT physicians have advanced training. They work with specialists in pulmonology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, audiology, and speech-language pathology – and with your family—to provide your child with the highest level of quality care.
Some of the ENT conditions treated include:- Ear infection
- Hearing loss
- Large tonsils and recurring throat infections
- Sleep apnea
- Chronic nasal obstruction and sinusitis
- Congenital and acquired airway abnormalities
- Tumors and masses of the head and neck
- Cholesteatoma (skin growth in ear)
- Ruptured ear drum (tympanic membrane perforation)
- Ear wax removal
- Surgery for hearing loss, cholesteatoma, and ear drum repair
- Cautery for epistaxis (nose bleeds)
- Nasal endoscopy
- Excision of neck mass
- Foreign body removal
- Choanal atresia repair (for blockage by bone or tissue of the nasal passages)
- Bronchoscopy
- Subglottic stenosis repair (for narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords, above the trachea)
- Tracheostomy
- Pyriform aperture stenosis repair (when opening of the nose is narrow)
- Nasal fracture repair
- Turbinate reduction (opening of the airway passage)
- Adenoidectomy (adenoid removal)
- Tonsillectomy (tonsil removal)
- Frenulectomy (for tongue tie)
- Salivary gland removal
- Endoscopic sinus surgery
Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601
551-996-5515
K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33, Neptune, NJ 07753
JFK University Medical Center
102 James Street, Suite 303 Edison
848-205-2620
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The best treatment for ear, nose and throat (ENT) problems in children involves a team approach. Our pediatric ENT physicians have advanced training.
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