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University Head and Neck Associates is a comprehensive, tertiary and quaternary resource, specializing in difficult and complex cases involving the head and neck. With access to the most advance diagnostic and treatment methods available - as well as offices located throughout the Chicago area - we are a highly specialized medical resource for the patient. Because we combine leading edge research with a practice focusing on complicated cases, we are able to bring a unique and experienced perspective to even the most difficult head and neck problems. In addition, we are constantly developing new, innovative techniques based on our research and practical experience. Through University Head and Neck Associates, one has a direct link to the advance medical resources of Rush University Medical Center. "Head and Neck" means we apply our expertise to everything from the clavicles up to the brain. Specifically, we concentrate on the complete diagnosis and treatment of:
Head and neck cancers and tumors, such as cancer of the parotid gland or other salivary glands, thyroid gland, lip, skin, tongue, sinuses, voice box, jaw, face, and neck with a special expertise in the surgical treatment of aggressive cases.
Complete ear, nose, throat, and facial reconstruction and rehabilitation, surgical and traumatic scar revision, and restoration of speech, swallowing, chewing, and breathing.
We are the only group in the Midwest with a combination of fellowship training in head and neck and skull base tumor resection, rhinology, and laryngology. This level of qualification gives us a one-of-a-kind insight into state-of-the-art, minimally invasive procedures. Our vast experience includes endoscopic and endonasal management and resection of pituitary tumors, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas, clival chordomas, meningiomas, sarcomas, carcinomas, and inverting papillomas. We also perform endoscopic resection of laryngeal lesions, Zenker's diverticulum, and even laryngeal cancers that used to be resected by massive operations. Furthermore, our experience with sentinel lymph node biopsy techniques will make more radicle neck dissections much less likely for the patient.
Additionally, we feel no patient should be rushed to the operating room simply because a lump is "bugging" them. We treat each patient with their unique values and concerns as a human being who needs to make an educated and comfortable decision on their treatment. We perform procedures with minimal discomfort, such as office-based endoscopic biopsies and fine needle aspirations. These techniques help the patient achieve a strong sense of conviction in the right treatment course before they commit to one.
With difficult and complex head and neck cases, experience is vital to accurate diagnosis and successful treatment. We have years of experience in practice in the clinical setting, gaining invaluable insight into the unique conditions that make up the cases. Experience and expertise dovetail in our practice, with many of our advanced skills developed and refined on our initiative over the years. This thorough understanding of head and neck issues has led us to pioneer innovative techniques for treating difficult cancers and tumors, assessing and removing base of skull neoplasms, reconstructing faces, throats, and jaws ravaged by cancer, and more.
Lastly, we believe in a multidisciplinary approach to head and neck cancers. We have a closed relationship with our medical oncologists, radiation therapists, neurosurgeons, speech and swallowing pathologists, and neuroradiologists. The product of this teamwork has allowed us to continue to stay at the cutting edge of management of head and neck cancers. Thus, we have been able to individualize the treatment of each patient, such that the previous years' approaches of automatic surgery followed by radiation therapy have given way to approaches that lead to a faster patient recovery.
The absolute best ethical treatment course is always our priority for each and every patient that gives us the opportunity to help in their care.
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