Naso-mucociliary Clearance Time among Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Ilorin, North-central Nigeria.

Context: The mucociliary clearance system is an important component in the prevention of chronic inflammation of the nasal and paranasal sinus.

Aim: The study aims to establish the normal values of mucociliary clearance in our region and to study the variation in mucociliary activity in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Ilorin, North-central Nigeria.

Settings And Design: This was a prospective, cross-sectional study using consecutive consenting participants in both the control and study groups carried out at both family medicine and otorhinolaryngology clinics among patients attending the clinics.

Foreign bodies in the aerodigestive tract: time for comprehensive preventive measures.

Background: Foreign body (FB) in the aerodigestive tract presents more commonly in children and remains a surgical emergency with potential for fatal complications.

Objectives: To describe management and outcomes of aerodigestive FB managed at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) and proffer preventive measures.

Methods: A 9-year retrospective review of all patients with foreign body in the aerodigestive tract managed between March 2011 and July 2020.

Clinical evaluation and nasoendoscopic scores of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Introduction: chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is characterised by inflammation of the mucosal lining of the nose and paranasal sinuses for at least 12 weeks duration. Other than the diagnostic criteria that is based on clinical features; nasoendoscopy and/or computerized tomographic scan have been included in the diagnosis. This study seeks to outline the clinical evaluation and nasoendoscopic assessment of CRS patients.

Management and Outcome of Rhinosinusitis in Nigeria.

Objective: The aim of this study is to present the management and outcome of treatment of rhinosinusitis in Nigeria.

Study Design: A retrospective review of the case notes of patients with rhinosinusitis between January 2009 and December 2014.

Setting: Study at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, using retrieved case notes after ethical approval was received.

Correlation of Bacterial Isolates from Middle Ear and Nasopharynx in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the association between isolates in the middle ear (ME) and nasopharynx of patients with chronic otitis media in Ilorin, north-central Nigeria.

Methods: An ethically approved case control study was carried out in the Ear, Nose, and Throat clinic amongst consenting cases using normal subjects as controls. A microbiology investigation form giving the results for otoscopy, aspirate and swabs was filled out for both the ME and nasopharynx.

Peritonsillar abscess in northern Nigeria: a 7 years review.

Background: The aim of this study was to describe the clinico-epidemiologic profile of peritonsillar abscess (PA) seen in our center in northern Nigeria.

Methods: This was a to retrospectively review of all patients with PA managed in our hospital over a 7-year period. Case notes were reviewed and information retrieved included biodata and clinical information were entered into an SPSS statistical software version 20.

Intra-antral application of an anti-fungal agent for recurrent maxillary fungal rhinosinusitis: a case report.

Introduction: Fungal infection of the paranasal sinuses is an increasingly recognized entity both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Treatment has been via use of either surgical or medical modalities, or a combination of the two. Here, we present a case of utilization of intra-antral application of an anti-fungal agent in the management of recurrent fungal sinusitis in an indigent Nigerian patient.

The burden of hearing loss in Kaduna, Nigeria: a 4-year study at the National Ear Care Centre.

Hearing loss among people in developing countries has been recognized as a major source of disability. Many of its causes are preventable, and others are curable. We reviewed the records of 5,485 patients who had presented during a 4-year period to the National Ear Care Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Epidemilogical profile of speech and language disorder in north central Nigeria.

Background: Speech-language pathologists/Otolaryngologists recognize high prevalence of speech and language disorder among children. The aim of the study is to find out the epidemiological profile of speech and language disorder in north central Nigeria.

Method: A five year retrospective review of all referral to speech and language therapy unit ENT Department between January 2005 and December 2009.

Fish bone foreign body presenting with an acute fulminating retropharyngeal abscess in a resource-challenged center: a case report.

Introduction: A retropharyngeal abscess is a potentially life-threatening infection in the deep space of the neck, which can compromise the airway. Its management requires highly specialized care, including surgery and intensive care, to reduce mortality. This is the first case of a gas-forming abscess reported from this region, but not the first such report in the literature.

Survey of ototopical self medication among patients attending ENT and family medicine departments in a Nigerian hospital.

Background: Ototopical self-medication is a common practice in Nigeria.

Objective: The aim of the study was to establish the proportion of patients with otological problems that practice ototopical self-medication.

Methods: A 12-week cross-sectional study of all the new patients attending the general outpatient (also called family medicine (FM)) and ear, nose and throat (ENT) departments of a Nigerian specialist hospital was carried out.

Clinico-pathological profile of sinonasal masses: an experience in national ear care center Kaduna, Nigeria.

Background: The presence of a mass in the nose and paranasal sinuses may seem to be a simple problem; however it raises many questions about the differential diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinico-pathological profile of sinonasal masses in our environmentThis is a retrospective analytical review of all the patients with sinonasal masses that presented to the national ear care center, Kaduna over a six year (2003-2008) period. Their biodata, clinical profile and histological diagnoses were analyzed.

Traumatic tympanic membrane perforation: an aetiological profile.

Background: Traumatic perforation of the tympanic membrane may be due to direct or indirect source. The aim of the study is to profile the various aetiologies of traumatic tympanic membrane perforation in Ilorin, north central Nigeria.A retrospective review of 64 patients seen at the University of Ilorin Teaching hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria over a ten year period (January 1998 to Dec 2007) with history of traumatic tympanic membrane perforation from various causes, these also included multiply injured patients with bleeding from middle ear as part of their presentations.

Sinonasal paraganglioma: a case report.

Objective: To highlight the importance of a high index of suspicion and meticulous evaluation of a patient with bleeding sinonasal mass in the diagnosis of sinonasal paraganglioma.

Method: Case report of a 39-year-old female who presented with a bleeding lobulated left nasal mass necessitating multiple blood transfusions is presented.

Result: Diagnostic investigations revealed that the patient was HIV-positive (ELISA and Western blot) and a tumour histology of paraganglioma.

Socio-economic status and hearing loss in chronic suppurative otitis media in Nigeria.

Background: Hearing loss is reported in about 50% of cases of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM).

Aim: To report the prevalence, type and severity of hearing loss in CSOM and identify risk factors.

Methods: A prospective study of hearing loss in CSOM was undertaken in University College Hospital, Ibadan, two general hospitals and two primary health care centres, all in densely populated, semi-urban areas in south-west Nigeria.