Tinnitus and Its Effect on the Quality of Life of Sufferers: A Nigerian Cohort Study.

Objectives To evaluate the quality of life of patients with ongoing tinnitus. Study Design This was a cross-sectional study of patients with ongoing tinnitus. Setting The study was carried out in a tertiary hospital in southeastern Nigeria.

Bacterial agents of the discharging middle ear among children seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu.

Introduction: Discharging middle ear continues to be one of the commonest problems seen in the developing world. There is an ever growing need to carry out studies periodically to determine the common bacterial agents responsible for discharging otitis media and their antibiotic sensitivity especially in set-ups characterized with minimal laboratory services. The study sought to determine the common bacterial agents causing discharging middle ear among children presenting at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu and their sensitivity to the commonly available antibiotics.

Microbiological profile of chronic suppurative otits media among HIV infected children in South Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Immune compromised HIV/AIDS infected children have consistently shown a higher prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media than their immune competent counterparts.This study aimed to compare the microbial isolates from ear discharges in HIV infected and non infected children.

Method: This was a Hospital based prospective cohort study designed to determine the relative prevalence of the common organisms present in chronically discharging ears of HIV infected children and their antimicrobial sensitivities and compare that of age and sex matched non HIV infected children.

Outcome of adenotonsillectomy for sleep and breathing difficulties in nigerian children with obstructive adenotonsillar enlargement.

The aim of this study was to examine improvements or otherwise, in sleep disturbance and breathing difficulties after adenotonsillectomy (AT) for chronic upper airway obstruction in children. In a prospective clinical study and tertiary referral center setting, the study population included consecutive children aged 1.5 through 12 years who underwent AT for chronic upper airway obstruction due to adenotonsillar enlargement, without any history of previous AT.

Residual and recurrent parotid gland neoplasm after surgical excision.

Ten patients who presented with residual or recurrent parotid gland neoplasm after elective curative surgical excision between January 1992 to December 1999 were studied. It aimed at finding the contributory factors responsible for the persistence or recurrence of the tumour after surgical excision. The 10 patients comprised of four males and six females.