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Thursday 19 November 2015

Professionals working together for better care on Aruba!

ORANJESTAD - The follow- of the teeth; Behavioral BETTER CARE: on the island using this in- how blending of two spe-
ing professionals, along problems such as ADD and On Friday 16-Oct-2015, novative minimally invasive cialists, ENT and orthodon-
with AZV, are working to- ADHD; The root cause of the operating team com- technique (MIST). A total of tics, leads to effective and
gether to improve the these symptoms is sleep posed of three ENT doctors three adults and one child optimal patient care.
quality of medical care for disorder breathing. namely, Dr. Catalano, Dr. were treated by MIST. All AZV would like to thank
the people of Aruba! Cabenda, Dr. Raven, one four operations were con- the operating team as
--Prof. Dr. Peter Catalano --CHILDREN: orthodontist and airway ducted at Dr. Cabenda’s well as the local hospital
is an ENT specialist gradu- Dr. Catalano: In the past, specialist Dr. Walker, and operating room at his Pun- for their willingness to work
ated from Mount Sinai sinus and nasal operations a local anesthesiologist, ta Brabo office. together to provide the lo-
School of Medicine and were not done in children. operated on four patients This is a perfect example of cal population with access
is currently a Professor at With this new technique to effective and innova-
Tufts University in Boston (MIST) we have operated tive techniques in the field
and has been in practice in children as young as of nasal obstruction, sinus
for 30 years. 3-years-old. This minimally disorders and obstructive
--Dr. Steve Cabenda is an invasive operation takes sleep apnea. This multidis-
ENT specialist graduated approximately 40-45 min- ciplinary team approach
from the Free University utes without the need or of highly trained individuals
Amsterdam and has been nasal packing or ban- combined with the use of
working on the island of dages. There is no external an effective and innova-
Aruba for the last 25 years. evidence of surgery, and tive technique are in line
--Dr. John Walker is an Or- since it is minimally inva- with the strategic goals of
thodontist graduated from sive, the recovery time is the AZV to provide quality
New Jersey School of Den- significantly reduced with and effective care to the
tal Medicine and received limited discomfort for the enrollees. q
his Certificate in Orthodon- patient. Children are usu-
tics from Boston University ally back to school, and
School of Dental Medicine. adults return to work, in one
Dr. Walker is a part-time day A prospective study
clinical professor of Ortho- conducted in children has
dontics and Boston Univer- shown great improvement
sity and has been in private in symptoms
practice for 30 years in the Dr. Cabenda: Up to now
USA and has been working the commonly used tech-
for 17 years on the island. nique used for the treat-
ment of nasal obstruction
--MIST and sinus disorders is the
The Minimally Invasive Sinus functional sinus surgery
Technique (MIST) offers pa- used in adults.
tients an innovative option
in the treatment of nasal --WORKING TOGETHER FOR
obstruction, sinus disorders
and obstructive sleep ap-
nea. The focus is sleep dis-
order breathing which is
present 24-hours a day in
children, and more prob-
lematic in adults when
they are lying down.
Common symptoms of
sleep disorder breathing
in children are: Snoring;
Mouth breathing; Under-
development of the jaw
leading to overcrowding