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Three Years Videolaryngoscopic Experience in Basrah | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-235 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed M. Al-Abbasi; Safa Sahib Naji Sultan; Maitham Lafta Witwit | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Videolaryngoscopic findings for patients referred for various reasons in Basrah during the three years period (2002-2004) were reported, diagnosed, and analyzed. 1668 persons were examined, 611 of them were normal, and the remaining 1057 patients had various remarkable abnormalities that included in this study from them 467 were males , and 581 females ,the age range from (5-88) years. The commonest videolaryngoscopic findings were chronic non-specific laryngitis (253 patients = 24%), followed by acute laryngitis (223 patients = 21%), while vocal cord nodules and polyps comprises 16% and 9% of patients respectively. Laryngeal tumors comprises 7.8% of patients and 60% of them had glottic tumors, laryngeal tumors predominantly affected males (85% of cases). Their was distinct higher incidence of acute and chronic non-specific laryngitis during cold whether, while the presentation of patients with vocal cord nodules usually at hot and moderately hot months. | ||
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