Establishment of Paediatric Airway Surgery Services in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital: A Leap in Otorhinolaryngology in Nepal

Paediatric airway surgery is an emerging superspeciality for a developing country like Nepal. Thriving in a resource limited environment of the country, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital is setting its early steps in this subspecialty of paediatric otorhinolaryngology. With generous support of...

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Published in:Indian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery and head, and neck surgery, 2019-09, Vol.71 (3), p.285-288
Main Authors: Guragain, Rajendra, Gyawali, Bigyan Raj, Dutta, Heempali, Neupane, Yogesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Editorial
Head and Neck Surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Otolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology
Pediatrics
Surgery
Teaching hospitals
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Summary:Paediatric airway surgery is an emerging superspeciality for a developing country like Nepal. Thriving in a resource limited environment of the country, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital is setting its early steps in this subspecialty of paediatric otorhinolaryngology. With generous support of the experts from USA and a team of very dedicated surgeons in the department, future of paediatric airway surgery in Nepal seems to be promising. Here, we discuss in brief about the establishment of paediatric airway surgery in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, the tertiary referral center of Nepal with short discussion on the cases operated so far and their outcomes.
ISSN:2231-3796
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/s12070-019-01706-x