SURGICAL AUDIT OF PATIENTS REPORTED TO E.N.T UNIT 1, AMEER UD DIN MEDICAL COLLEGE/LAHORE GENERAL HOSPITAL/ POST GRADUATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE FOR PERIOD OF ONE YEAR 2018-2019

Abstract

A one year prospective surgical audit of Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck surgery Unit-I Lahore General Hospital was undertaken. The purpose of the audit was to evaluate the yearly Performance of the unit & to establish the pattern and frequency of various ENT diseases encountered. A total of 4720 (four thousand seven hundred and twenty) patients were seen in both Outpatient as well as emergency departments. 771 (seven hundred and seventy one) were operated under General Anesthesia for various reasons and 3949 (three thousand nine hundred & forty nine) cases were minor surgical procedures. Most common General Anesthesia procedure was Tonsillectomy and common minor cases include foreign body ear & nose and wax in the ear. Overall 45% cases seen were males, 28% were females and 27% were children.