Prevalence of fungal infection in nasal polyposis - A cross-sectional study, conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of fungal infections causing nasal polyposis (AFRS-Allergic fungal rhino sinusitis) in the local population.

Methods: It is a cross sectional study, carried out from October 2010 to January 2015 on 221 patients in the ENT Department of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College in collaboration with the microbiology department. This study included patients who had a clinical diagnosis of nasal polyposis with or without fungal infection on the basis of nasoendoscopic examinations.

Frequency of tracheobronchial foreign bodies and their management in urban population of Sindh.

Objective: To assess the common foreign bodies in urban areas of Sindh, and the presentation, problems and complications during their removal through rigid bronchoscopy.

Methods: The descriptive study was conducted at the Ear, Nose and Throat Department and the Department of Head and Neck Surgery of Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad, and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, from April 2009 to October 2010. Fifty patients with strong suspicion of foreign body inhalation in whom rigid bronchoscopy was done were included in the study.