Research - Otorhinolaryngology Service

Research in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology is carried out through the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), in the areas of Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Renal Biopathology and Bioengineering, Oncology and Hematology, and Biological Aggression and Response Mechanisms.

Translational Research

Members of the Department carry out basic translational research, with a special focus on rhinology, inflammatory disease of the upper airway, and head and neck oncology.

The IDIBAPS group where this translational research is conducted is the following:

Clinical Research

The Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona is a leader in research at both the national and international levels. The main lines of research focus on:

• Development of endoscopic ear surgery

• Development of new techniques for sinonasal and anterior skull base reconstruction

• Functional evaluation of voice and swallowing disorders

• Outcomes of vocal feminization techniques

• Early diagnosis of laryngeal cancer

• Oncological and functional evaluation of patients with head and neck tumors

• Development of reconstructive surgery in head and neck cancer

• Outcomes of surgery for sleep apnea

• Sleep videosomnography and its clinical usefulness

• Quality of life and surgery in patients with septal perforation

• Treatment and surgery of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

• Outcomes of surgical techniques for the frontal sinus

The Department also takes part in the following research networks:

• CIBERES, in the area of obstructive sleep apnea

• CIBERDEM, in the area of diabetes and associated diseases

• AGAUR (HEAD NECK CLINIC), an emerging research group in head and neck oncology

• IISPV, research in Otorhinolaryngology diseases