Descriptive epidemiological study of patients presented at Ear committee of the ORL Department of the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile between the years 2004 and 2011

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Eugenio Alzérreca A.
Camila Seymour M.
Felipe Panussis F.
Carlos Stott C.

Keywords

Ear Comitee, Ear and Vestibular system pathology, Chronic Otitis media

Abstract

Introduction: At the Otolaryngology Department of the Hospital Clinico de la Univer­sidad de Chile, there is a committee of weekly meeting that reviews cases that generate the most controversy in ear and vestibular system pathology. Aim: This paper aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients evaluated at this committee. Material and method: We performed a retrospective study that reviewed the records of the ear committee between the years 2004 and 2011. Results: A total of 1081 diagnostics were made at the committee. The average age was 39.9 years, and 57% were female patients. Middle ear pathology was the most frequent, accounting for 71% of all diagnostics. The most frequent individual diagnostic was cholesteatomatous chronic otitis media in 19.3% of cases. Conclusion: These results allow us to know epidemiological characteristics of patients with ear and vestibular system diseases, and those cases that generate the most controversy in our service.

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