Physician Assistant Scope of Practice in the ENT setting.

Listed below are some national statistics of in-office procedures
performed by ENT PA's compiled from the Work/Benefits Survey
2003. For complete results to include salaries contact SPAO.

SPAO 2003:  ENT PA PRODUCTIVITY SURVEY
Society of
Physician Assistants
in
Otorhinolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery
18% Tympanostomy   
 7% TM patch
43% Removal of tubes
 21% Allergy testing
21% Myringotomy and tube insertion
 82% Mastoid cavity cleansing
93% Removal of ear foreign bodies
 32% I&D of helical hematoma
4% Middle ear Gentamicin infusion
 64% Epley’s or Semont’s maneuver
4& Hearing aids
 7% Audiometry   
11% Nasal polypectomy
 75% Rigid nasal endoscopy
14 % Closed reduction nasal fracture
 86% Packs / splints removal
75% Post-op FESS cleansing
 89% Removal of nasal foreign body
89% Nasal cautery (32% electrical, 86%
chemical)
 21% Turbinate steroid injection
68% Anterior nasal packs        
 57% Oral biopsy
7% Antral or Proetz irrigation
 4% Placement of sialogram tubing
64% Excision/biopsy skin lesion
 29% Posterior nasal packs         
50% Fine needle aspirate
 89% Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
25% Submandibular sialolithotomy
 11% Frenulotomy
61% I&D of peritonsillar abscess        
 25%  Stroboscopy
4% Esophageal dilatation
 64% Tracheostomy tube change
4% pH probe testing
 14% Transnasal esophagoscopy
82% Pre / Post Op H&P
 50% Hospital consults