Thursday, December 11, 2008

otolaryngology

Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment are of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders. and The full name of

the specialty is otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. and Practitioners are called otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons, or sometimes otorhinolaryngologists (ORL). And A commonly used term for this specialty is ENT (ear, nose and throat). and The term comes from the Greek language (oto = genitive for ear, laryngo = genitive for larynx/throat, logy = study), and it literally means the study of ear and neck. and The full term (otorhinolaryngology), also includes rhino, which is the genitive of nose.

Explanation
Otolaryngologists are medical doctors (MD, MBBS, MBChB, etc.) or osteopathic doctors (DO) who complete at least five years of surgical residency training. And This is composed of one year in general surgical training and four years in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery; is in the past it varied between two and three years of each.
And Following residency training are some otolaryngologists elect to complete advanced subspeciality fellowship training which can range from as little as 2 weekend courses (Allergy) or as long as 1-2 years in duration (pediatric otolaryngology)

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