Department of Ent

INTRODUCTION:

The Department of ENT, GMKMCH offers comprehensive diagnostic services, evaluation and treatment for patients presenting with Otorhinolaryngological problems and Head and Neck cancers. It conducts a daily OPD along with minor OT on all days.

The Department has a fully functioning team 24*7hours working for all emergencies.

The Department has adequate number of faculty member as per NMC and MCI norms and is well established and well equipped with all the basic and high end instruments like Micro debrider, High end microscope, High Definition moniter, Coblater, Stroboscopy, Radiofrequency Ablation, etc., to carter to the needs of the patients.

The Department also has a very good audiology unit with Sound proof room with speech therapy room and also has facility for Audio Visual Therapy.

Temporal bone dissector and E-Library.

FACULTY DETAILS AS ON NOVEMBER - 2022

S.NO NAME DESIGNATION
1. Dr. M. Krishnasundari M.S., (ENT) Professor and HOD
2. Dr. M. Kavitha M.S.,( ENT) Associate professor
3. Dr.K.Mahendran M.S.,(ENT) D.L.O Senior Assistant professor
4. Dr.M.Praveen kumar M.S.,(ENT) Assistant professor
5. Dr.S.Natarajan M.S.,( ENT) D.L.O Assistant professor

OTHER STAFFS :

S.NO NAME DESIGNATION
1. Mr.Manoj Kumar B.A. SLP Audiologist and speech pathologist
2. Mr.Karthikeyan M.C.A., Ward manager
3. Miss.Sowmiya OT Technician
THEATRE STAFF- Mrs. S. Pappayee
WARD STAFF- Mrs. Sathya Priya

2 MS PG Seats has been sanctioned in 2020 and there are 6 MS PG’S at present

Department address for communication :

Department of ENT,

GMKMCH, Salem -1

Department Email Id: slmentgovtmohan@gmail.com

Phone Number: 6379088926

Website Incharge: Dr.K.Mahendran M.S.(ENT) D.L.O

SERVICES OFFERED:

No. of units in the Department – 1

Ward no. - 71

OP Days and timing – All days including Govt. Holidays : 8 am – 12 Noon

IP Unit and admission day – 1 unit .

All days are admission days including Govt. Holidays

Bed strength – 40 beds

Average OP – 150 / DayAverage IP – 35/Day . We have an endoscopy suite attached to the OPD. The following procedures are carried out everyday for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes

  1. Diagnostic Nasal endoscopy
  2. Videolaryngoscopy
  3. Otoendoscopy
Minor procedures like
  • Endocleaning
  • Suction clearance of nose and ear
  • Ear, Nose and Throat foreign body removal
  • Ear Syringing for wax impaction
  • Tracheostomy care and others are done here.
  • FESS follow up
  • Mucormycosis follow up
  • Micro Laryngeal Surgery follow up
  • Mastoidectomy and Tympanoplasty surgery follow up is done here.

We are also well equipped for the removal of the Foreign Ear, Nose and throat.

Other OPD facilities available include- Stroboscopy


AUDIOLOGICAL SET UP:

Complete Audiological Evaluation which includes

  1. Pure Tone Audiometry
  2. OtoAcoustic Emissions
  3. Impedance Audiometry
  4. BERA
  5. Speech Therapy
  6. Audioverbal therapy for the Post Cochlear Implant children

SPECALITY CLINICS :

OP days has been designated specific for specality clinic

S.NO Specality clinics Working day
1. Headache/Allergy clinic 1st& 3rd Monday
2. Vertigo clinic 2nd& 4th Monday
3. Voice clinic 1st& 3rd Wednesday
4. Tinnitus clinic 2nd and 4th Wednesday
5. Cancer clinic 1st and 3rd Friday
6. Journal club 2nd& 4th Friday

ENT WARD

Ours is a 40 bedded ward located in the ground floor and in the first floor.

Separate post operative ward and separate ward for cochlear implant children available.

Ward is equipped with central Oxygen supply, suctioning facilities as well as microlab attached. It has all the necessary amenities for routine as well as for emergency procedures

Operation theatre:

We have a fully functioning New ENT OT which works for 6 days a weekwith very good infrastructure.

Two OT table

Our OT is well equipped for all the basic and high end surgeries

  • Complete Micro ear surgery set
  • High speed Micro drill
  • Microscope- high end-2 Microscope – basic
  • Microdebrider set Storz and basic
  • Storz camera, Monitor,
  • Complete FESS set
  • Complete Microlaryngeal surgery set
  • Kleinsausser Suspension Laryngoscopy
  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Co-ablation unit
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy unit with 0 degree telebronchoscope
  • Rigid esophagoscopy unit
  • Tonsillectomy set

The New Renovated ENT OT was started in March 2022 by our Respected Dean with our Medical Superindentent, Resident Medical Officer

DEPARTMENT – ACHIEVEMENTS

  1. We have started Cochlear Implantation in the Year 2019 and have completed 16 so far
  2. 2 Post graduate seats was sanctioned in the year 2020, till now 6 post graduates are there.
  3. We have always had a high performance in the number of surgeries performed since 2018
  4. Our department ranked state level 3rd position in CMCHISTN in the entire state next to Madras medical college and Madurai in treating mucormycosis cases.
  5. We were ranked state level 2nd position in NPPCD for the number of ear surgeries done in the ear 2022
  6. In 2020 during the COVID outbreak, nearly 70,000 swabs were taken for all the COVID suspect patients and the positive patients was carried out by ENT Department for 1.5 years.
  7. In 2021 COVID pandemic superimposed with Mucormycosis endemic, we have treated nearly 450 mucormycosis patients with surgery done for 350 patients in a brief period of 75 days.
  8. We ranked 2nd position in the number of mucormycosis cases treated in the state.

AWARENESS GIVEN TO PUBLIC AS FOREIGN BODY BRONCHUS AND REMOVAL ARE HIGH IN GMKMCH, SALEM.

PUBLICATIONS:

S.NO FACULTY NAME TITLE PUBLISHED INDEXED YES /NO
1. M. KRISHNASUNDARI., M.S(ENT). M. KRISHNASUNDARI., M.S(ENT).
M.Praveen Kumar A study of clinical profile of paediatric stridor in Tertiary Medical College. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research. Vol 05, Issue 07, July 2017 , 24521-24524.		 YES
2. M. KRISHNASUNDARI., M.S(ENT). M.Krishnasundari , Nagendra Navaneethan , Praveen Kumar.M A clinical study of benign glottic lesions. Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research. Vol 05, Issue 07, July 2017 , 24516-24520 YES
3. M. KRISHNASUNDARI., M.S(ENT). R.Siva M.S.(ENT) , M.Krishnasundari and GovindaRaju. Aerodigestive tract foreign body-our experience. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research ,2018, 5(3) , 535-537 YES
4. M. KRISHNASUNDARI., M.S(ENT). R.Siva M.S.(ENT) , M.Krishnasundari prospective study of effect of glucocorticoids in the treatment of vestibular neuronitis. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research ,2018, 5(3) , 520-522 YES
5. M.KAVITHA M.S.,(ENT) M.Kavitha , S.Senthil Kumaran . Comparison of surgical outcomes between supra auricular approach techniques and standard techniques for preauricular sinus. International Journal of Scientific Research. Vol 6, Issue 9 September 2017 , ISSN No. 2277-8179, IF:4.176, IC Value : 78.46 YES
6. M.KAVITHA M.S.,(ENT) S.Senthil Kumaran , M.Kavitha. A Prospective non andomized observational case study – The study of otomycosis . Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. Vol 6 , Issue 12 , February 09, 2017 , Pissn-2278-4748, Eissn -2278 – 4808 YES
7. K. MAHENDRAN., M.S(ENT)., D.L.O., K.Mahendran , M.Praveen Kumar, Priyadershini Rangari. Assessment of Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Otitis Media . International Journal of Surgery Science. 2020 ; 4(2) : 07-11 YES
8. K. MAHENDRAN., M.S(ENT)., D.L.O., K.Mahendran, M.Praveen Kumar . A Study of Phonosurgeries in Vocal Dysfunction in Salem District. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2020 October 6(10) Pissn – 2454-5929 , Eissn -2454-5937 YES
9. M. PRAVEENKUMAR., M.S(ENT)., K.Mahendran , M.Praveen Kumar, Priyadershini Rangari. Assessment of Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Otitis Media . International Journal of Surgery Science. 2020 ; 4(2) : 07-11 YES
10. M. PRAVEENKUMAR., M.S(ENT)., K.Mahendran , M.Praveen Kumar . A Study of Phonosurgeries in Vocal Dysfunction in Salem District. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2020 October 6(10) pISSN - 2454-5929 , eISSN -2454-5937 YES
11. S. NATARAJAN., M.S(ENT)., D.L.O., Gowri Shankar.M , Athiyaman.K , S.Natarajan , Anitha Mahadevan . Usefulness of P300 Audiological Test Assessments in Patients with Snoring for Cognitive Ability . International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2018 May ; 4(3):690-693 pISSN - 2454-5929 , eISSN -2454-5937 . YES
12 S. NATARAJAN., M.S(ENT)., D.L.O., Suresh.V , Gowri Shankar.M , Prabhu .D , S.Natarajan , The Correlation of the severity of Polysomnography with clinical assessment in cases of adult OSA in a Tertiary Hospital. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2018 July ; 4(4):1076-1080 pISSN - 2454-5929 , eISSN -2454-5937 . YES
13 S. NATARAJAN., M.S(ENT)., D.L.O., Athiyaman.K ,Gowri Shankar.M , Suresh.V , S.Natarajan , Malarvizhi.R. Acomparative study of parapharyngeal space tumours over a 7 year period experience in a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2018 September ; 4(5):1167-1172 pISSN - 2454-5929 , eISSN -2454-5937 . YES

POSTER READ AT TN&P AOICON 2022

S.NO RESEARCH PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATION TITLE NAME
1. RESEARCH PAPER VARIOUS SURGICAL MODALITIES FOR RHINOORBITAL MUCORMYCOSIS IN COVID19 IN OUR TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL Dr. M. KRISHNASUNDARI
DR.NATRAJAN		 PROFESSOR AND HOD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2. RESEARCH PAPER RHINOORBITAL MUCORMYCOSIS WITH PALATAL INVOLVEMENT-PRESENTATION MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME – A CASE SERIES DR.M.KRISHNASUNDARI
DR.S.NIVETHA		 PROFESSOR AND HOD
POST GRADUATE
3. RESEARCH PAPER SHARP FOREIGN BODIES IN TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE DR.M.KAVITHA
DR.N.SASI KUMAR		 POST GRADUATE
4. POSTER UNUSAL PRESENTATION OF A FOREIGN BODY(FISH BONE) PIERCING THE PARAGLOTTIC SPACE- A CASE REPORT DR.M.PRAVEEN KUMAR
DR.S.NIVETHA		 POST GRADUATE
5. POSTER A CASE SERIES OF POST COVID 19 MUCORMYCOSIS -VARYING PRESENTATION AND MANAGMENT DR.N.SASI KUMAR POST GRADUATE
6. POSTER PRE AURICULAR SINUS DR.S.SANJAY CHAKKARAVARTHY POST GRADUATE

POST GRADUATE THESIS TOPIC

S.NO TOPIC NAME YEAR
1. COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY VERSUS COLD DISSECTION TONSILLECTOMY- PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY DR.S.NIVETHA 2020
2. A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF AIRWAY FOREIGN BODY IN UNRESOLVED LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DR.N.SASI KUMAR 2020

AUDIOLOGY- 71A

S.NO EQIPMENTS
1. PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY- PTA
2. IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY
3. OTO ACOUSTIC EMISSION- OAE
4. BRAINSTEM EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY- BERA

1.Pure Tone Audiometry(PTA)-

It helps to screen and prescribe HEARING AID to people. Nearly 30 hearing aid is given to people per month. Also helpful for providing hearing disability certificates

2.Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)-

It is useful for diagonising and planning the deaf child patient for cochlear implant in early age

3.OAE(Oto Acoutic Emission)-

All the newborns born here are screened for hearing disabilities in early days of life.

HIGH END PROCEDURES COCHLEAR IMPLANT SURGERY

Cochlear implant in GMKMCH was started in the year 2019, we are getting referral from 6 districts in and around salem.

CENSUS:

GOVT MOHAN KUMARAMANGALAM MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
DEPT OF ENT
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR - 2016 – 2022
YEAR OP CENSUS IP CENSUS CMCHIS
SURGERIES PRE AUTH CLAIMS
MAJOR MINOR TOTAL APPLIED APPROVED SUBMITTED APPROVED
2016 17274 1941 441 300 741 158 144 138 130
2017 17274 1429 439 320 759 165 133 126 124
2018 20130 1237 807 1058 1865 401 330 290 288
2019 22770 1480 971 2256 3227 534 467 483 477
2020 9285 678 163 766 929 222 192 240 236
2021 9572 1283 455 1305 1760 590 549 532 516
2022 till date 13312 1454 438 3177 3615 618 575 554 464

AUDIOLOGICAL REPORT

GOVT MOHAN KUMARAMANGALAM MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL
DEPT OF ENT
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR - 2016 – 2022
YEAR PTA OAE BERA HEARING AID GIVEN HEARING DISABILITY CERTIFICATES GIVEN SPEECH DIAGNOSIS SPEECH THERAPY
2019 (Audiological Equipment installation on 28.11.2019) 258 14 35 2 15 15 14 30
2020 917 93 368 6 93 78 71 238
2021 1881 724 1978 31 226 471 248 809
2022 UPTO OCT 2022 2395 796 1886 48 186 303 291 1049

MISSION

Newborn Screening for Deafness & treating Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss by High end Cochlear Implant Surgeries and corrective surgeries for Hearing Loss



VISION

DEAF FREE WORLD