prevalence and possible surgical intervention of ear nose and throat diseases in local population of pakistan

Objective:  To study the prevalence of ear, nose and throat diseases and their possible surgical intervention in local population of Pakistan. Methodology:  1,382 patients from the department of ear, nose and throat surgery from January-December 2016 were selected in this retrospective study. The age, gender, presenting complains with history, diagnosis and operative procedures were noted. These patients were divided into three groups according to the involvement of Otorhinolaryngological anatomical region. Analysis of the data was performed using SPSS version 16 and results are expressed in numbers or percentages. Results:  The age ranges of patients were one year to 85 years with maximum age group of 10-19 years. There were 58.82% males and 41.46% were females. Patients with head/ neck diseases were 42.15%, with nasal distress were 29.01%, with ear problems 16.71% and with oral disorders were 12.22%, therefore, the most commonly adopted methods were removal of tumor / polyps,  tonsillectomy  and mastoidectomy. Conclusion:  Ear diseases were the most found in the current study and oral cavity lesions being the least common. The peak age was 10-19 years. There is a need of man power and implantation of new techniques. Keywords: Otorhinolaryngological (ORL) Diseases; Retrospective Study; Prevalence; Surgical; Intervention