Ear, Nose and Throat clinic – Nuremberg Hospital

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Senior Physician: Prof. Viktor Bonkowsky, MD
Phone: +49 911 398 2516

Nursing Service Management: Renate Wegerer
Phone: +49 911 398 3163

The ear, nose and throat clinic at Nuremberg Hospital is one of the largest clinics of its kind in the whole of Germany. More than 6000 patients are treated every year and more than 3700 operations are performed.

Together with the conservative treatment of sudden loss of hearing, tinnitus, allergies and vertigo, it is above all the surgical procedures which play a major role in the ENT clinic. These include operations to improve the hearing, surgery to the nose and sinuses (including plastic surgery), together with throat, larynx and tumour surgery. The interdisciplinary operating theatres of the new Surgical Centre offer the very best conditions for all kinds of operations.

In addition we offer an extensive range of plastic and aesthetic operations for the face and neck.

Range of services
	Operations to the nose and sinuses
	Operations to the ear
	Tumour surgery
	Operations to the throat and larynx
	Sudden loss of hearing, vertigo and tinnitus

Operations to the nose and sinuses

We perform plastic corrections to the nasal septum and conchae to improve nasal breathing. We have accumulated a great wealth of expertise, particularly in the field of minimally invasive endoscopic surgery to the sinuses. Cosmetic corrections to the outer nose also feature among the routine surgical procedures we perform.

Operations to the ear

The ENT clinic covers the whole range of surgery to the ear. In the case of chronic inflammation of the middle ear, the focus of inflammation in the middle ear is removed to prevent complications. At the same time, an attempt is made to improve hearing by performing a tympanoplasty. Hardness of hearing in the middle ear caused by fixed or missing auditory ossicles can be improved considerably by micro-surgical procedures to replace the auditory ossicles. Surgery to the middle ear is as gentle as possible using a modern surgical microscope (micro-surgery).

We also perform plastic corrections to the outer ear.

Tumour surgery

Innovative diagnosis and therapy procedures are available for tumour patients. Major surgery to tumours in the head and neck with plastic reconstruction and minimally invasive laser surgical tumour resections are among our standard procedures.

Operations to the throat and larynx

Patients who have problems with the voice, speech and swallowing functions find all-round care. Benign changes to the vocal cords (e.g. oedemas, polyps and nodules) are removed by micro-surgery to improve the voice production. Tonsil and adenoid operations in children belong to daily routine operations.

Sudden loss of hearing, vertigo and tinnitus

A sudden loss of hearing or tinnitus is probably caused by circulatory disorders in the tiny vessels of the inner ear.

This is why it is so important particularly in cases of a sudden loss of hearing and acute tinnitus for treatment to begin as early as possible, within the first few days after it has started. Treatment usually takes place in the day clinic consisting of infusions with drugs to assist the circulation and/or administering steroids.