Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (163)

About the department

The focus of the Department of EHNO Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery at the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen, headed by Dr. med. Winfried Hohenhorst, are micro-surgery of the tympanum, endonasal micro-endoscopic surgery including surgery of the efferent lacrimal ducts, the diagnostic and operative therapy of sleep-related respiratory disorders, phono-surgery and plastic-aesthetic surgery.

The Department of HNO Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery at the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen has a long tradition in the above-mentioned innovative treatment options using state-of-the-art technology. It has three own operating rooms which are directly connected to the outpatient clinic.

The Department of HNO Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery at the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen, headed by Dr. med. Winfried Hohenhorst, offers the following range of services:

• Treatment of all diseases in the field of Throat, nose and Ear medicine
• Functional endoscopic and microscopic surgery of the nose, the paranasal sinuses and the lacrimal ducts, balloon sinuplasty
• Microsurgery of the ear – (to obtain hearing rehabilitation or at least an improvement in hearing)
• Implantation of hearing aids
• Surgery at the base of the skull
• Plastic and aesthetic surgery
• Dysphonia’s and speech disorders, Phono surgery
• Sleep-related respiratory disorders, snoring, interventional sleep medicine
• Drug-induced sleep endoscopy
• Implantation of tongue pacemakers with sleep apnea
• Surgery of the salivary glands
• Allergology
• Neuro-otology: diagnosis and therapy of tinnitus, dizziness, facial paralysis, diseases of other cranial nerves, olfactory and gustatory disorders
• Endonasal microsurgical nose correction
• Radiofrequency tonsillectomy
• Collation tonsillectomy
• Biclamp- tonsillectomy
• Digital volume tomography
• Environmental medicine
• Airworthiness