Ottokar Chiari was an Austrian laryngologist

Laryngology

Laryngology is that branch of medicine which deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the vocal apparatus, especially the larynx. Common conditions addressed by laryngologists include vocal fold nodules and cysts, laryngeal cancer, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, papillomas,...

 and professor at the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

 who was a native of Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

.

At Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 he was an assistant to Leopold von Schrötter

Leopold von Schrötter

Leopold Schrötter Ritter von Kristelli, was an Austrian internist and laryngologist born in Graz...

 (1837–1908), and later succeeded Karl Stoerk

Karl Stoerk

Karl Stoerk ; was an Austrian laryngologist who was a native of Ofen. He studied medicine at the Universities of Prague and Vienna, and received his doctorate in 1858. Afterwards he was an assistant to Ludwig Türck in Vienna, where he practiced medicine for the remainder of his career...

 (1832–1899) as director of the laryngological clinic. He was the son of gynecologist Johann Baptist Chiari

Johann Baptist Chiari

Johann Baptist Chiari was an Austrian gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Salzburg. In 1841 he received his medical doctorate at Vienna, where later he practiced obstetrics and gynecology for most of his professional career. He died in 1854 at the age of 37 from cholera...

 (1817–1854), and younger brother to pathologist Hans Chiari

Hans Chiari

Hans Chiari was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. He was the son of gynecologist Johann Baptist Chiari , and brother to rhinolaryngologist Ottokar Chiari ....

 (1851–1916).

Ottokar Chiari was a specialist in the field of rhinolaryngology

Rhinology

Rhinology is the study of the nose, including the sinuses.Rhinology concerns itself with medical and surgical diseases of the nasal passages as well as paranasal sinuses...

, and is credited for advancing new surgical procedures at the laryngological clinic in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. In 1912 he introduced the "transethmoidal approach", which is a type of ethmoidectomy for treatment of sinus

Sinus (anatomy)

Sinus is Latin for "bay", "pocket", "curve", or "bosom". In anatomy, the term is used in various contexts.A sinus is a sack or cavity in any organ or tissue, or an abnormal cavity or passage caused by the destruction of tissue...

-related diseases and conditions.

Selected writings

• Erfahrungen aus dem Gebiete der Hals- und Nasen-Krankheiten. (Experiences involving Nose and Throat Diseases, according to Results of Ambulatoriums). (1887).
• Krankheiten der oberen Luftwege. Vols. 1-3. Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, (1903).
• Die Wiener Klinik für Nasen- und Kehlkopfkrankheiten : erste Vorlesung in der neuen Klinik (1911)
• Chirurgie des Kehlkopfes und der Luftröhre (Surgery of the larynx
  Larynx
  The larynx , commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the neck of amphibians, reptiles and mammals involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. It manipulates pitch and volume...
  
   and trachea
  Vertebrate trachea
  In tetrapod anatomy the trachea, or windpipe, is a tube that connects the pharynx or larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air. It is lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium cells with goblet cells that produce mucus...
  
  ) (1916).