Arif Raza Khan, Sunia A Khan, Asad U Arif, Rashid Waheed.
Analysis of ENT diseases at Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar.
J Med Sci Jan ;21(1):7-9.

Objective: To know the incidence of various Ear, Nose,and Throat diseases in patients attending ENT OPD. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of ENT & Head & Neck Surgery of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar Pakistan from April 2011 to May 2012. The data of all the patients was collected and were registered. These patients were divided into 3 major groups according to the involvement of Ear, Nose and laryngopharynx. Results: A total of 32800 patients were seen during the study period and about 2733 patients seen per month. The distribution of system wise diseases were 47% ear diseases, 36% nasal complaints and 17% with laryngopharyngeal problems. Conclusion: It is concluded that the maximum number of patients were of ear diseases followed by Nasal problems while laryngopharyngeal diseases were least found.

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