The Otorhinolaryngology Research Unit at Aalborg University Hospital

The field of otorhinolaryngology (ORL) is comprehensive and diverse and covers areas such as head and neck surgery, laryngology, rhinology, audiology, and vestibulogy. Our expanding ORL research community at Aalborg University Hospital cover all subspecialities in our clinical research.

Clinical research in ORL has traditionally been supported by various clinical databases containing information on numerous surgical procedures and their results e.g., thyroid-, ear-, saliva glandular and functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS)-databases.

However, prioritization of interdisciplinary collaborations internally with other departments at Aalborg University Hospital and externally with national and international Universities and ORL hospital departments, national supreme authorities such as the Danish Health and Medicines Authority, and the industry to name a few has increased the ORL research activity at Aalborg University Hospital significantly over the past decade.

We envision to become global top-contributors of innovative research to the field of ORL, to nurture the productive relationships to our internal and external collaborators, and to incorporate new evidence-based knowledge into our clinical work to continuously ensure a high treatment standard and quality at the Department of ORL, Head and Neck surgery, Audiology and Vestibulogy at Aalborg University Hospital.