Laryngology | Kozhikode

Overview

Laryngology at Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode focuses on the diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the larynx, voice, swallowing, and upper airway. These conditions can interfere with communication, safe swallowing, and breathing. The speciality covers structural and functional voice disorders, including vocal fold nodules, polyps, cysts, and scars, with treatment options that may include medical management, specialised voice therapy, and phonosurgery.

The speciality also addresses swallowing difficulties associated with neurological conditions, head and neck cancers and their treatment, ageing, and paediatric conditions. Management may include swallowing rehabilitation, dietary modifications, and other appropriate interventions based on the underlying cause.

Airway conditions such as subglottic stenosis, tracheal stenosis, and bilateral vocal fold paralysis may require endoscopic procedures, reconstructive surgery, or airway interventions when indicated. Treatment is tailored to each patient’s condition, with the aim of preserving or restoring voice, swallowing, and breathing function.