Head of the Clinic: Primarius Prof.Dr. Šekib Umihanić, ENT specialist

Head nurse: Amela Suljendić, graduated in nursing, MSc theses in nursing

Technician for quality improvement and education: Vedat Muradbegović, graduated in nursing

Secretary: Sanela Biogradlija

Contacts:

e-mail: info@ukctuzla.ba

Tel.: 00 387 35 303 231, 00 387 35 303 208

Fax.: 00 387 35 250 474

HEALTH CARE SERVICES:

Diagnostics, surgical and medical management of the most common diseases and trauma of ear, throat, nose, face and paranasal sinuses. Rehabilitation of hearing and speech. Cohlear implant surgery and other hearing implants and aids.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

ENT POLYCLINIC

Nurse in charge: Dženana Srabović, graduated in nursing

Outpatient clinics working hours

Admission- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

General ENT outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Oncology outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Otology outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Rhinology outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Pediatric outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Audiology outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Sleep disorders outpatient clinic- from Monday to Friday 8:30a.m.- 3 p.m.

Cabinets and working hours:

Cabinet for videostroboscopy- Tuesday/Thursday 12 noon- 3p.m.

Cabinet for rhinomanometry- Wednesday 1 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Cabinet for ultrasound- from Tuesday to Friday 9:30 a.m.- 12 noon.

Cabinet for fiberoptic endonasal examinations- Monday/ Friday 1p.m. – 3 p.m.

Information from 3 p.m. Telephone: 035 303 259

DEPARTMENTS:

Department for otorhinolaryngology

Department for rhinosinusology

Department for head and neck tumors

Outpatient surgery

Department for audiology and phoniatrics

SURGERY

Two operating rooms, 1 room for endoscopic interventions

Chief of department: Dr. Samir Kešetović, ENT specialist

Nurse in charge: Sanela Sakić, graduated nurse

THE CLINIC STAFF

Number of employees-50

Doctors subspecialists-1

Doctors specialists- 10

Doctors on specialization- 3

Secundary doctor-1

MSc theses in nursing- 2

Graduated nurses- 9

Nurses with nursing school- 18

Non medical workers- 4 (Ass. prof.. graduated defectologist- speech therapist- 3; Ass.prof. graduated defectologist- surdaudiologist-1)

Secretary-1

Stationery clerk-1

Six doctors are engaged in the teaching process at the Faculty of Medicine; 1 full time professor, 2 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, 1 senior assistant, 1 graduated nurse is engaged as the nursing expert in clinical practice.

DEPARTMENT FOR OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Chief of department: Primarius.Dr. Emir Šehanović, ENT specialist

Nurse in charge: Padžić Admira, graduated nurse, MSc theses in nursing

The department activities involve diagnosis and treatment of: ear diseases (inflammation, tumors, hearing impairment), diseases of the nose and nasal cavities, diseases of the pharynx and larynx (tonsilitis, congenital and acquired anomalies, malignant diseases). The diagnostic process includes: ENT examination, ultrasound of the neck, rhinomanometry, videostroboscopy, fiberoptic- endonasal examination. Following diagnosis and depending on the patient’s condition, conservative medication or surgical treatment and management of the disease may be used. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is minimally invasive surgery for serious sinus conditions. Health professionals from the Clinic are well- trained and qualified to carry out a wide range of ENT surgeries.

DEPARTMENT FOR RHINOSINUSOLOGY

Chief of department: Dr. Hasan Altumbabić MSc, ENT specialist

Technician in charge: Almir Tupković, graduated technician

The department for rhinosinusology deals with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of the nose and paranasal sinuses diseases.

The diagnostic process includes: rhinomanometry and fiberoptic- endonasal examination.

Surgical procedures:

• Reconstruction of the nasal septum and pyramid deformities (septoplasty and septorhinoplasty)

• Endoscopic septoplasty

• Endoscopic sinus surgery for sinonasal polyposis

• Endoscopic sinus surgery for nasal tumors

• Endoscopic surgery for nasolacrimal duct stenosis

• Endoscopic orbital decompression

• Surgery for nasal cavity paranasal sinuses tumors

DEPARTMENT FOR HEAD AND NECK TUMORS

Chief of the department: Primarius Prof. Dr. Begzada Hasukić, ENT specialist

Nurse in charge: Velida Dedić, graduated in nursing

The department deals with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of patient suffering from head and neck tumors.

The diagnostic process includes:

• Ultrasound of the neck

• Videostroboscopy

• Directoscopy

• Tracheoscopy

• Fibeoptic endonasal examinations

• Epipharyngoscopy

• Biopsy of suspected tumor tissue for pathohistological analysis

Surgical procedures:

• Laryngomicroscopy with biopsy

• Esophagoscopy with possible biopsy

• Epipharyngoscopy with epipharyngeal tumor biopsy

• Complex surgeries of the neck (tumor biopsy, lymph node biopsy, tumor extirpation, lymph node extirpation, neck dissections- radical/ functional)

• Surgery of the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands tumors (total thyroidectomy, lobectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy, lobectomy with isthmectomy, extirpation of parathyroid gland/total/ subtotal, the enucleation of the node from the thyroid gland),

• Surgery of salivary glands malignant tumors (removal of submandibular glands, surgery of the parotid gland tumor/ total parotidectomy)

• Removal of face and neck skin tumors, primary closure; covering with local rotational flaps, with musculocutaneous flaps (m.pectoralis flap) or covering with free grafts (Tirsh, Woolf),

• Complex surgery of the oropharynx and hypopharynx (extended tonsillectomy, excision of the oropharynx and hypopharynx tumors)

• Complex surgery of the hypopharinx and the cervical esophagus malignant tumors (the gastric pull- up surgery)

• Complex surgery of the larynx (total laryngectomy- supraglottic/ lateral/ frontolateral, cordectomy- simplex and distension),

• Complex surgery of removing malignant tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses,

• Surgery of malignant tumor of the auricle (excision of the ear tumor, a wedge resection of the tumor, semi amputation of the ear, amputation of the ear)

AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC FOR SURGERY

Chief of the department: Ass. Prof. Almedina Ramaš, ENT specialist

Nurse in charge: Mirela Škripić, graduated nurse

An outpatient clinic for surgery is the part of ENT Clinic designed for the patients who have surgical appointment for ENT interventions under local anesthesia for the purpose of diagnosis or therapy, but do not need to stay overnight. Patients who undergo an outpatient treatment need to have a scheduled outpatient appointment except those patients who require immediate emergency care.

Diagnostics, therapy and surgery at an outpatient surgery clinic

• Biopsies of neck lymph nodes

• Facial tumor biopsy

• Excision of benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck

• Excision of malignant and benign facial tumors

• Reconstructive surgery of head and neck defects

• Biopsies and excisions of nasal tumors

• Directoscopy for diagnosis / biopsy/ removal of hypopharengal and endolarynx cancer

• Directoscopy for removal of a foreign body removal

• Pharyngoscopy for diagnosis/ biopsy/ removal of a foreign body

• Esophageal stenosis bulging

• Otomiscroscopy for toilet, biopsy or removal of a foreign body

• Instillation or extraction of ear ventilation tubes

• The insertion of a silicone tube in the lacrimal duct

• Plastic tracheostomy

• Tracheoscopy in tracheotomized patients

• Endoscopy of the nasal cavity for diagnosis, biopsy or removal of a foreign body

• Fiberoptic endoscopic examination of the nose, the pharynx, and the larynx

• Anterior or posterior nasal tamponade in profuse nosebleeds

• Incision of atheroma, furuncle, carbuncle or abscess on the face and the neck, and abscess in the oro and hypoharynx

• Management of face and neck injuries

AUDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Head of the department Primarius Prof.Dr. Fuad Brkić, ENT specialist audiologist

Technician in charge: Alija Suljagić, graduated technician

Audiology department performs diagnostic assessments and rehabilitation for people with hearing difficulties: audiometry (tone and speech), tympanometry, examination of acoustic reflexes, the brainstem auditory evoked response testing, the otoacoustic emissions testing and hearing rehabilitation (hearing aids, cohlear implants). Audiology department also provides advanced audiologic and vestibular testing for the patients suffering from vertigo syndrome and tinnitus.

PHONIATRIC DEPARTMENT

Head of the department: Ass. Prof. Almir Salkić, ENT specialist

Phoniatric department provides a great variety of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation services for patients with speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders: subjective and objective voice analysis (tonsilloadenoidectomy, total thyroidectomy, benign lesions of the vocal cords, total and partial laryngectomies, neurological and functional dysphonia), determining the articulation-language status using appropriate tests in a patient with dyslalia, stuttering, dysphasia, insufficient speech language development, determining the ability to swallow using appropriate tests (oropharyngeal dysphagia), and rehabilitation of speech, speech prostheses, voice and swallowing.

Books and teachnig materials written by employees of the ENT clinic

1. Otorinolaringologija za studente Medicinskog fakulteta Beograd/Zagreb: Medicinska knjiga, 1990.
2. Slušna pomagala. Tuzla: Print-Com, 2001.
3. Zaštita razvojnog doba. Tuzla: Bosanska riječ, 2004.
4. Audiologija. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2005.
5. Praktikum iz audiologije. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2005.
6. Praktikum iz otorinolaringologije. Sarajevo, Arka Press, 2006.
7. Rehabilitacija djece sa ugrađenim kohlearnim implantatom. Sarajevo, Grafika ŠARAN, 2007.
8. Alergijski rinitis: Dijagnoza i liječenje. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2008.
9. Slušni aparati. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2008.
10. Alergijski rinitis u djece. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2009.
11. Alergijski rinitis i astma. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2010.
12. Disfagija: uzroci, dijagnoza, tretman i rehabilitacija. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2010.
13. Otorinolaringologija i pridružena njega. Panevropski Univerzitet APEIRON, 2012.
14. Praktična otorinolaringologija. Tuzla, Harfo-graf, 2014.

Projects

1. «Dr. Speech Package-poboljšanje kvaliteta praktične nastave za studente Defektološkog fakulteta». World University Service- Austrian Committee SSP 4/II No. 7686/99.
2. «eLearning Distant Learning Programme»- WUS Austria. Project No.: DL2003-01. Univerzitetski centar za razvoj daljinskog učenja.
3. „Screening mutacija gena za connexin 26 (GJB2) i connexin 30 (GJB6) u populaciji Tuzlanskog kantona“. Vlada Tuzlanskog kantona, Odluka br. 02/1- od 19.12.2007.
4. „Otvoreno multicentrično kliničko ispitivanje efikasnosti i sigurnosti primjene lijeka Lysobact u liječenju i prevenciji postoperativnih komplikacija nakon tonzilektomije“. Istraživački projekat kompanije „Bosnalijek“ proveden 2008.-2009. godine.
5. “A Phase III, Open-Labeled, Randomized, Multi-Center Study of Effects of Leucocyte Interleukin, Injection (Multikine) Plus Standard of Care (Surgery + Radiotherapy or Surgery + Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy) in Subjects with Advanced Primary Squamous Cell carcinoma of the Oral Cavity/soft Palate Versus Standard of Care Only” (Započet projekat).
6. „Jednogodišnja studija za procjenu efikasnosti i bezbjednosti ALK imunoterapije u obliku tableta protiv alergije na grinje iz kućne prašine kod bolesnika sa alergijskim rinitisom izazvanima grinjama iz kućne prašine“ (MT-06).
7. Projekat kohlearne implantacije na klinici (od 2001).