OTO I Residents are expected to perform the following procedures:

• Oral Biopsy
• STSG/FTSG
• Basic soft tissue skills including closure of simple lacerations
• Rhinoscopy(rigid and flexible)
• Nasal packing

 
OTO II Residents are expected to perform the following procedures:

• Myringotomy/Tube
• Perform and interpret audiogram
• Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
• Bronchoscopy
• Tracheostomy > age 4 years
• I&D deep neck space abscess
• Lymph node biopsy
• Closed reduction nasal fracture
• Inferior turbinate reduction
• Nasal polypectomy
  

OTO III Residents are expected to perform:

• Tympanoplasty
• Direct larynosocpy with manipulation (e.g., biopsy, foreign body removal, dilatation)
• Branchial cleft excision
• Thyroglossal duct ecision
• Basic microlaryngeal procedures, including laser
• Administer and interpret allergy skin test
• Submandibular gland excision
• Excision facial skin tumors
• Repair complex laceration
• Septoplasty
• Endoscopic ethmoidectomy
• Endoscopic maxillary antrostomy
  

OTO IV Residents are expected to perform:

• Mastoidectomy (CWU/CWD)
• Esophagoscopy (w/wo foreign body removal)
• Tracheostomy < age 4 years
• Uvulectomy/Palatopharyngoplasty
• Neck dissection (selective, radical)
• Partial glossectomy
• Regional flap reconstruction
• Flap reconstruction facial defects advancement, bilobe, rhomboid, etc.
• Scar revision
• Repair midface fracture
• Endoscopic sphenoid sinusotomy
  

OTO V Residents are expected to perform:

• Ossicular Chair Reconstruction
• Removal upper airway foreign body
• Laryngoplasty
• Laryngectomy
• Parotidectomy
• Thyroidectomy
• Basic rhinoplasty
• Endoscopic frontal sinusotomy
  

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