Niaz Hussain, Aneeqa Ahsan Zafar.
Pattern of Thoracic Surgical Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital.
J Surg Pak Jan ;20(3):111-4.

Objective: To describe the pattern of thoracic surgical diseases at a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Descriptive case series. Place & Duration of study: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, from January 2013 to December 2014. Methodology: Records of all the patients admitted, transferred to or referred from other departments / hospital during the study period was retrieved and analyzed. Variables studied included mode of admissions, diagnosis, surgical procedures performed and mortality. Descriptive statistics were used for data presentation. Results: A total of 669 patients were admitted during the study period. There were 382 (57%) males and 287 (43%) females. A total of 626 surgical procedures were performed. Out of these 254 (41%) were carried out under general anesthesia and 372 (59%) in local anesthesia. The most common procedure under general anesthesia was decortication (n=51, 20%). Most common procedure under local anesthesia was tube thoracostomy (n=119, 32%). The remaining 43 patients were managed conservatively. The overall mortality was 1.8%. Conclusion: Empyema thoracis was the commonest thoracic surgical condition for which patients were admitted.

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