Analysis of ent diseases at Khyber Teaching Hospital,Peshawar

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.