Department of Otorhinolaryngology Yao Municipal Hospital Yao-city Osaka JAPAN

Title / Role	Doctor Name	Specialty	Board Certifications & Qualifications
Director of Otorhinolaryngology	Takayuki Kawashima	Otology, Neurotology, Ear Surgery, General Otorhinolaryngology	Otorhinolaryngological Society of Japan: Board Certified Otorhinolaryngologist Otorhinolaryngology Residency Training Instructor Designated Physician for Intractable Diseases Hearing Aid Fitting Physician Clinical Professor, Osaka University School of Medicine Designated Physician under Article 15 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Physical Disabilities Japan Otological Society: Certified Specialist
Senior Physician of Otorhinolaryngology	Shinichi Yonei	Ear Surgery, General Otorhinolaryngology	Otorhinolaryngological Society of Japan: Board Certified Otorhinolaryngologist
Senior Physician of Otorhinolaryngology	Masayuki Sakata	Voice & Swallowing Function, General Otorhinolaryngology	Otorhinolaryngological Society of Japan: Board Certified Otorhinolaryngologist Designated Physician under Article 15 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Physical Disabilities Otorhinolaryngological Society of Japan: Hearing Aid Consultant Otorhinolaryngology Residency Training Instructor
Otorhinolaryngology Physician	Hiroshi Fujii	General Otorhinolaryngology	—
Otorhinolaryngology Physician	Tomoki Aoyama	General Otorhinolaryngology	—

What kind of Department is Yao municipal hospital's Otorhinolaryngology?

 

Otorhinolaryngology is the department that diagnoses and treats ear, nose and throat (laryngopharyngeal) diseases , using internal medicine (drugs and treatments) and surgery (operations).
In addition, as it treats "swellings (tumors)" from the neck up, Otolaryngology is also called Head and Neck Surgery in Europe and America.
To all those wondering, "Oh, the otorhinologist performs surgery?", Otorhinolaryngology of the Yao municipal hospital performs outpatient/inpatient surgeries.
General clinics treat mainly the medical aspect. At Yao municipal hospital, we take in charge the surgical aspect and the head and neck department. Concretely, we treat otitis media surgery and nervous hearing loss and dizziness, empyema (chronic sinusitis) and allergic rhinitis surgery, smelling disease nervous disorder, vocal cord polyp, etc.
We treat tumors, in the mouth or in the throat, as well as salivary gland tumors.
In addition to this we also treat facial paralysis, which suddenly worsen facial movement.

　

Examination

 

At Yao municipal hospital Otorhinolaryngology, we can perform same day otorhinolaryngological endoscopy, scientific examination for hearing nerves deafness and dizziness as auditory brainstem response (ABR), electrooculograph (ENG), and even hearing aid conformance tests.
Furthermore, we are licenced to perform newborn baby auditory brainstem response (ABR), and we perform otoacoustic emission (OAE), automatic auditory brainstem response (AABR)

　

Outpatients (same day) surgery

 

• Ears
  Tympanostomy tubes surgery
  Ear fistula resection
• Nose
  Allergic rhinitis endoscopic laser surgery
• Oropharynx
  Intraoral laser surgery
  Salivary calculus surgical removal
  Tongue tie (ankyloglossia) surgical correction
• larynx
  We perform (endoscopic) vocal cords resection, etc.