Otolaryngology Surgical Experience
Residents are expected to perform the following procedures based on their year of residency.
OTO I
- Oral Biopsy
- STSG/FTSG
- Basic soft tissue skills including closure of simple lacerations
- Rhinoscopy(rigid and flexible)
- Nasal packing
OTO II
- Myringotomy/Tube
- Perform and interpret audiogram
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
- Bronchoscopy
- Tracheostomy > age 4 years
- I&D deep neck space abscess
- Lymph node biopsy
- Closed reduction nasal fracture
- Inferior turbinate reduction
- Nasal polypectomy
OTO III
- Tympanoplasty
- Direct larynosocpy with manipulation (e.g., biopsy, foreign body removal, dilatation)
- Branchial cleft excision
- Thyroglossal duct ecision
- Basic microlaryngeal procedures, including laser
- Administer and interpret allergy skin test
- Submandibular gland excision
- Excision facial skin tumors
- Repair complex laceration
- Septoplasty
- Endoscopic ethmoidectomy
- Endoscopic maxillary antrostomy
- Hypoglossal Nerve Implant
OTO IV
- Mastoidectomy (CWU/CWD)
- Esophagoscopy (w/wo foreign body removal)
- Tracheostomy < age 4 years
- Uvulectomy/Palatopharyngoplasty
- Neck dissection (selective, radical)
- Partial glossectomy
- Regional flap reconstruction
- Flap reconstruction facial defects advancement, bilobe, rhomboid, etc.
- Scar revision
- Repair midface fracture
- Endoscopic sphenoid sinusotomy
OTO V
- Ossicular Chair Reconstruction
- Removal upper airway foreign body
- Laryngoplasty
- Laryngectomy
- Parotidectomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Basic rhinoplasty
- Endoscopic frontal sinusotomy
- Microvascular surgery- free tissue transfer
