Weikang Department: Shenyang Weikang Hospital integrates high-quality medical resources, creates key characteristic department brands, and benefits the health of the people. Weikang Hospital is committed to creating a special department promotion column. This issue of "Weikang Department" takes you into the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of Weikang Hospital, providing detailed guidance for rational medical treatment.

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Otolaryngology

The Ear, Nose and Throat Department of Shenyang Weikang Hospital was established in 2009 and is a key department of the hospital. Its technical level and medical equipment are at the forefront. A strong medical team enables patients to receive the best diagnosis and treatment. The department has an annual outpatient volume of nearly 10000 people, serving over a thousand families and solving ear, nose, and throat related diseases for the general public. Featuring techniques such as endoscopic and microscopic removal of middle ear cholesteatoma and tympanoplasty.

There are currently more than 20 medical staff in the Department of Otolaryngology, including 4 with senior professional titles, 3 with intermediate professional titles, and 12 nurses, providing more scientific and professional diagnosis and treatment services for otolaryngology patients.

Professional diagnostic and therapeutic techniques

▲ Minimally invasive surgical treatment of various types of rhinitis, nasal septum deviation, nasal polyps, chronic sinusitis, and malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and sinuses under nasal endoscopy. Nasal endoscopic technology has the advantages of less bleeding, no facial incision, no scarring, minimal nasal injury, thorough removal of lesions, less likely recurrence, and fast recovery. The application of nasal endoscopic technology is known as a milestone in the field of rhinology;

▲ Minimally invasive surgery for laryngeal diseases (such as vocal polyps, vocal nodules, vocal cysts, vocal papillomas, early vocal cord cancer, epiglottic cysts, tongue root tumors, etc.), which completely removes the lesions under the microscope, has the advantages of short hospitalization time and low recurrence;

▲ Minimally invasive plasma surgery for tonsils and adenoids in children; Comprehensive treatment for adult sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome. The main cause of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in children is tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy. Plasma minimally invasive surgery has the advantages of no intraoperative bleeding, mild pain, and fast wound healing. Comprehensive treatment is mainly carried out for adult OSAHS patients, including multi plane surgery (including nasal cavity surgery, uvula palatoplasty, etc.);

▲ Surgical treatment of various benign and malignant tumors in the pharynx, larynx, and head and neck region, including surgical resection of laryngeal cancer and one-stage and two-stage reconstruction of laryngeal function using a revolving muscle flap;

▲ Endoscopic and microscopic removal of middle ear cholesteatoma, tympanoplasty, and comprehensive prevention and treatment of hearing loss and tinnitus, as well as comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vertigo.

Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic equipment

Shenyang Weikang Hospital's Ear, Nose, and Throat Department now has advanced equipment such as Japan's Olympus electronic nasopharyngoscope, Denmark's Ertingmei pure tone hearing threshold measurement, acoustic impedance, brainstem evoked potential and other hearing examination systems, Japan's Olympus sinus endoscopy, America's Medtronic surgical power system, high-precision imaging workstation system, etc., providing more reliable basis for the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, and throat diseases.

Excellent academic leaders

Director Hou Yanpeng, Master of Medicine, Chief Physician, Master's Supervisor at Shenyang Medical College, formerly served as Deputy Director of the Otolaryngology Department at the Fourth People's Hospital of Shenyang. From 2000 to 2016, she worked in the Otolaryngology Department at the 463 Hospital of the Liberation Army, engaging in clinical work in otolaryngology for over 20 years.

Director Hou specializes in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, as well as surgery related to the nose eye and nasal skull base. He has long been committed to the research of the pathogenesis and comprehensive surgical treatment of snoring (sleep apnea syndrome), and has rich clinical experience in the treatment of otolaryngological diseases. I have presided over one provincial-level excellent talent fund project, one science and technology project of Shenyang Health and Family Planning Commission, and published more than 20 core journals. Two SCI papers.

Excellent work performance has earned Director Hou the trust of patients. Every time we want to interview him, he always says in a low-key and introverted manner, "No need to promote, just do the job well, and live up to the trust of patients." This simple sentence has become his deep belief, and for more than 20 years, he has silently dedicated himself to his job, healing every patient and warming their hearts.

The road of a doctor is long and arduous

Shenyang Weikang Hospital's Ear, Nose and Throat Department firmly establishes the service concept of "patient-centered", always adheres to the hospital's policy of "revitalizing the hospital through science and education, building the hospital with quality, running the hospital thriftily and thriftily, governing the hospital strictly, strengthening the hospital through culture, putting patients first, and striving for excellence", and follows the hospital spirit of "benevolence, benevolence, and excellent medical knowledge", making greater contributions to the patients and the ear, nose and throat cause!