Frequency and effective treatment of ulcers and sinuses in cases of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.

Objective: To investigate the frequency and effective treatment of ulcers and sinuses in cases of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (TCL).

Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Kathmandu, Nepal, during the period of two years from March, 2000 to February, 2002.

Outcome of surgical management of laryngeal carcinoma: a 5-year experience.

Objective: To investigate the outcome of surgically managed laryngeal carcinoma patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 5-year period.

Material And Methods: This was an analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 36 laryngeal carcinoma patients who were managed surgically with or without radiotherapy were analyzed.

Distribution of lymph nodes in the neck in cases of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.

Objective: To investigate the distribution of lymph nodes in the neck during the process of development of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis (TCL) in patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 1-year period.

Material And Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study which included 100 cases of histopathologically confirmed TCL of >6 weeks duration.

Results: Lymph nodes in the posterior triangle (PT) were found to be commonest (51%), followed by those in the upper deep cervical (UDC; 48%) and submandibular (SM; 36%) regions.