Department Head: Ireneusz Bielecki, MD. Ph.D.

Head Nurse: Katarzyna Wieczorek, MA

Secretary’s office of the Department: (32) 207 19 73

email: laryngologia@gczd.katowice.pl

Number of beds: 17

Floor: 2

Our successes:

We are one of the few centres in Poland to perform a one-stage plastic reconstruction of the larynx and trachea. This procedure enables the child to develop properly and do without a tracheostomy tube.

A modern and well-equipped operating room enables us to perform any, even the most complicated surgical procedure. Each year we perform over 1000 surgeries.

The most frequently performed procedures are:

• removal of the pharyngeal tonsil
• removal of palatine tonsils
• tympanic cavity ventilation and drainage
• tympanoplasty of the middle ear due to acute and chronic inflammatory lesions (cholesteatoma)
• surgeries performed to improve hearing (reconstruction of the tympanic membrane and ossicular chain)
• surgeries of paranasal sinuses, including sphenoid sinus with the application of functional endoscopic sinus surgery method (FESS)
• surgeries performed to improve the patency of the respiratory tract: reconstructive surgery of the deviated nasal septum; surgery of obstructed posterior nares; dilatation of the larynx in case of vocal fold paralysis
• reconstruction of the larynx and trachea due to stenosis
• endoscopy of the larynx, trachea or bronchial tubes with the application of flexible and rigid endoscopes
• removal of foreign bodies from the bronchial tubes and oesophagus
• surgeries of congenital defects and tumours in the area of the head and neck
• removal of laryngeal papillomas
• surgeries of the parotid and submandibular glands
• treatment of vascular anomalies, including haemangioma in the area of the head and neck

The audiological laboratory of the Upper Silesian Child Health Centre offers a full range of audiological examinations:

• pure tone audiometry
• impedance audiometry
• play audiometry
• otoacoustic emission
• brainstem auditory evoked potential (Brainstem Electric Response Audiometry) tested in physiological and pharmacological sleep
• diagnostics of central hearing loss and auditory neuropathy

The above mentioned examinations enable one to precisely determine the degree and type of hearing loss and to decide on further treatment.

Admission to the Outpatient Clinic and to the Department:

• the dates of admission to the ENT and Audiology Outpatient Clinic are determined at the Reception Desk
• dates of scheduled admissions to the Department are determined in the secretary’s office
• on the date of admission we perform necessary laboratory tests and specialist consultations
• in urgent emergency-related cases please contact the medical doctor on duty