The Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Clinic within the Ambulatory Surgical Clinic provides specialized care for disorders affecting the head and neck region. The ENT clinic caters to patients with conditions such as sinusitis, tonsillitis, deviated septum, voice disorders, and more, offering comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

The ENT clinic also offers instrumental evaluation such as:

• Flexible Nasoendoscopy (with Philhealth coverage) – a long thin, and flexible tube with a light and camera is gently inserted into the nostrils and advances it through the nasal passages to the back of the throat that allows the physician to examine the nasal cavity, sinuses, throat, vocal cords.

It is a diagnostic tool used to evaluate conditions such as chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, vocal cord disorders, throat tumors, laryngeal pathologies, airway narrowing, and other upper respiratory tract issues.

• • Flexible Laryngoscopy (with Philhealth coverage)

• Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)

FEES is commonly used to evaluate and diagnose dysphagia and its underlying causes, such as muscle weakness, neurologic conditions, structural abnormalities, and other swallowing disorders.

It provides immediate visual feedback, allowing clinicians to assess swallowing function in real-time and make immediate decisions regarding dietary recommendations, strategies for safety swallowing or the need for further evaluation and treatment.