Otolaryngology and ENT

Acute pain might occur due to trauma, surgery, infection, disruption of blood circulation, or many other conditions in which tissue injury occurs. In a medical setting, pain improvement is desired when its warning function is no longer needed. Besides educating patient comfort, pain therapy can also reduce harmful physiological significances of untreated pain. Children account for almost one-third of all patients undergoing ear, nose and throat  (ENT) surgery. Procedures array from simple day-case operations, such as myringotomy, to complex airway reconstruction surgery accepted in specialist centres. This track defines the anaesthetic management of some of the commonly performed paediatric ENT procedures, comprising adenotonsillectomy, oesophagoscopy, and middle ear surgery.