Surgical audit of patients operated in ENT Mayo Hospital Lahore over a period of one year

Aim: one year surgical audit of procedures done in ent.ii,mayo hospital,lahore type of study: cross sectional duration: one year (1st march 2014 to 28th february 2015) study setting: ent. unit - ii,mayo hospital,lahore inclusion criteria: all the patients who have undergone surgeries or minor procedures in ent operation theatre whether the procedures were done under general,local anesthesia or without out anesthesia,in emergency or as elective. exclusion criteria: patient who refused treatment. method: data was collected from the primary sources of information i.e.,record register present in operation theatre,outdoor department and unit-ii of ent department mayo hospital lahore. data was collected from march 2014 to february 2015. results: total 5917 cases done under ga,la and some procedures without anesthesia which is almost 500 cases per month. most cases done in the month of august which were 663 (n=5917). most surgeries under general anesthesia done in the month of september which were 82 (n=5917). cases under la and without anesthesia mostly done in the month of august which were 593 (n=5917). tonsillectomy was the most common surgery which was 187(23.25%) while septoplasty was the second most performed surgery done under ga 126(15.6%). seven foreign bodies nose were removed under ga which were seven cases,constitute the least performed surgery in one ear (0.87%). suction clearance was the most common procedure performed without local or general anesthesia which is 1397(27.32%). foreign body ear removal was the second common procedure done without anesthesia 18. 936(3%). tracheostomy was the least performed procedure under local anesthesia which was 35(0.68%5). conclusion: surgical audit is best way of record keeping,health planning,measurement of disease burden,health budgeting and disease surveillance.