Presentation

The Otorhinolaryngology Complex Unit, directed by Dr Sergio Albanese, is one of the most recently founded in the Negrar “Sacro Cuore” Hospital, exactly on 21^st March 2001.

It is a modern facility provided with ISO 9001 certification (certification n°118367/C BVQI-SINCERT) since 2004, equipped for diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of head and neck diseases according to the latest technologies and scientific acquisitions.

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology is located at the fifth floor of Sacro Cuore building, Entrance B or C.

OUR MISSION

The surgery is an important step in everyone’s life and almost always is accompanied by a negative experience, consisting of a mixture of anxiety and fear.

Our primary goal is to, in the context of excellent medical-surgical services, try to solve our patients’ problems, minimizing the negative impact traditionally transmitted by admission, particularly in surgical wards.

For this reason we work daily to perfect minimally invasive treatment procedures and to study new approaches to comprehensive patient management for reducing anxiety, fear and ailment.

In this perspective, with a particular attention to our youngest patients, in October 2008 we started a pilot project named “Ospedale senza paura – Hospital without fear” whose first outcomes were presented at various scientific congresses.

OUR DATA

In 2017 our team treated 3980 outpatients, provided 1721 emergency services and performed  2096 surgeries.

Based on the most recent data, approximately 23% of patients treated in our Department come from other Italian regions and over 40% outside Verona’s Province.

To provide our patients with the best care for oncologic diseases, since autumn 2008 we started an international collaboration with Professor Heinz-Georg Schroeder, Director of the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of Braunschweig and teacher in the Marburg/Lahn University (Germany), our surgical consultant for the most demanding pathology.

Our team is also committed, from educational and scientific point of view with publication of articles on magazines, to organize conferences and professional development courses.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Hospital Switchboard: (+39) 045.6013111

Examination and test booking: Unified Booking Center – CUP (+39) 045.601.3257

Matron/Coordinator – Marina Vanzetta: (+39) 045.6013765

Ward Secretariat – Emma Turri: (+39) 045.6013465

Fax: (+39) 045.6013762

THE FACILITY

The facility includes inpatient rooms all equipped with air conditioning, toilet with shower and television. There are 2 single rooms that may be booked with a supplement, 5 double rooms and 2 triple rooms, generally reserved for children. There is a reserved area for children and their parents waiting for tests and a dedicated area for Day Hospital patients.

Furthermore it includes an AIRWAYS ENDOSCOPY clinic, a MICRO-OTOSCOPY clinic, NASAL CONCHA RADIOFREQUENCY DAY SURGERY clinic, a VESTIBOLOGY clinic, two AUDIOLOGY clinics.

The Department also includes the Operating Unit of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology directed by Dr Alberto Fraccaroli, allowing us to tackle even the most delicate diseases of our specialty that can arise in childhood.

ADMISSION BOOKING

The admission is booked only after an examination with one of our physicians.

For admission booking it is necessary send by FAX (+39.045/601.3762) the specialist prescriptionla prescrizione dello specialista, issued during the examination, duly filled out.

BEFORE ADMISSION

Admission information

Informed consent

Below the list of most common “consent forms to surgery”.
The INFORMED CONSENT is a necessary document to be operated, which the patient must read and understand, in which we explain in simple words what will be done in the operating room and potential complications.
The forms are results of Otorhinolaryngology Italian Society work and, as such, they are the most current and used in Italy.
These documents often frighten, because the patient finds a series of possible complications listed, related to surgery to undergo, in part even serious.
However it must be considered that, mostly, these are rare or very rare events, which, according to current legislation, we must show to our patients.
I invite you to download the form and read it carefully in order to discuss its contents with pre-admission physician.
The Director
Dr Sergio Albanese