The unit has all the facilities to do different kinds of operations and do endoscopic surgeries.The facilities for Coblation (Smith and Nephew), Microdebrider (Karl storz), and surgery for OSAS are available. Facilities of hearing assessment like PTA (Pure Tone Audiometry), Impedance,BERA and OAE etc. are also available. Analysis for voice disorder (Stroboscopy) is also done in the department.

•  Tonsil Surgery (with Coblation)
•  Thyroid Surgery
•  Parotid Gland Surgery
•  OSAS Surgery (Sleep apnea) with coblation
•  FESS (Nasal Polyps) surgery with MICRO DEBRIDER
•  Rhinoplasty (Nasal deformity)
•  Endoscopic Tympanoplasty
•  Endoscopic transnasal CSF Rhinorrhea Repair
•  Tympanoplasty +/- Mastoidectomy
•  Endo DCR Surgery
•  Transcanal Endoscopic stapes surgery (Otosclerosis)
•  Cochlear Implant surgery
•  Surgery for cancer of Tounge, Floor of mouth, Jaw, Buccal mucosa, Palate
•  Voice disorders (Stroboscopy)
•  Total/Partial Laryngectomies
•  Facial Nerve Decompression surgery
•  Neck Dissection
•  Foreign Body Removal - Esophagus/bronchus
•  Surgery tumours of nose (Angiofibroma, Esthesioneuroblastoma etc.)

Cochlear Implant

Cochlear Implant is a boon for young children who have severe to profound deafness in both ears since birth. Because of hearing impairment, they are not able to speak. Cochlear Implant provides  normal hearing to such children  in one ear and with post surgical rehabilitation they are able to speak also. Cochlear Implants are costly and were not affordable by all. Keeping in mind “Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas”, the DEPwD, Ministry of SJ&E is providing benefit of this modern technology to poor children  also. It is in this direction, the Ministry has introduced Cochlear Implant programme under revised Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP) for the poor and needy young children.

Cochlear Implant and its benefits

A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that replaces the diseased inner ear and carries the sound and speech to the auditory nerve and thus to the brain, where we understand the speech and recognize the sounds. This is now considered as the treatment of choice for patients who are severe to profoundly deaf due to damage to the hair cells of cochlea.

Cochlear implant helps you to hear better than the best hearing aid even in noisy environments. Patients can enjoy music after implant and hear and talk on the phone, and even use their implant processors while swimming. They can feel safer and hear the alarms and the sound of the vehicles.

Cochlear Implant helps to bring a congenitally deaf child to hear the world of hearing and speech.

What Is a Cochlear Implant?

The implant provides a synthetic ear which connects a speech processor attached to the outside of the head to an electrode which stimulates the auditory nerve inside the ear. The individual parts include:

1) Microphone: Picks up noises and sounds from outside Speech Processor: Arranges the sounds from the microphone
2) Transmitter: Converts the sounds to electric impulses Electrode Array: Takes the electric impulses and sends them to the auditory nerve

How Does This Implant Work?

Children who have never heard before will have a very different experience adjusting to the implant since these signals are the first type of hearing they have ever experienced. Typically, a child will receive the implant between two and six years old. The surgery is followed by intense therapy, which may allow them to acquire the speech and language skills they need to communicate with others.

As cochlear implants continue to improve, doctors at hearing center locations around the world are studying the results. There are many possibilities for the future. These devices may be able to correct a wider array of problems, and may provide even clearer hearing for those who use them.

It’s a blessing for people of our region that Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is now empanelled under this scheme (ADIP Scheme). Children less than 5 years of age who cannot speak or hear since birth will get operated for Cochlear Implant under this scheme free of cost.

New Surgical Navigation Technology

Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research is the first hospital in Punjab to perform their Neurosurgery and ENT procedures using the StealthStation™ S8. The StealthStation™ S8 is a surgical navigation system designed to help surgeons perform accurate procedures in the operating room. The system offers the most advanced version of Stealth™ technology – a combination of medical-grade hardware, software and specialized instruments – for neurosurgery and ENT procedures.

Computer-based surgical navigation solutions have been used as a tool by doctors in operating rooms for many years. Surgical navigation is key to offering enriched visual and quantified information to a surgeon during neurosurgical and ENT procedures for accurate tool localization and possible avoidance of key anatomical areas of the entire head especially brain, nose and the eye.

With StealthStation™ S8, a surgeon can achieve better surgical and patient outcomes in various procedures like tumor resection, shunt placement, biopsy, pituitary surgeries, Partial/Full/Revision FESS, etc

“We use Stealth™ Navigation at Adesh Hospital,Bathinda to enhance our surgical patient care. Patients benefit because the surgeon has real-time data during the surgery to allow for accuracy in treatment.”