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Table 4 Complications associated with ENT injuries (N = 68)

From: Ear, nose and throat injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in northwestern Tanzania: a five-year prospective review of 456 cases

Anatomical site

Complications

Frequency

Percentage

Ear

 

(59)

(86.8)

Chronic otitis media

21

30.9

Sensorineural hearing loss

16

23.5

Loss pinna

12

17.6

Perforated tympanic membrane

6

8.8

Facial palsy

4

5.9

Nose

 

(31)

(45.6)

Traumatic epistaxis

18

26.5

Nasal deformity

8

11.8

Septal abscess

5

7.4

Throat

 

(9)

(13.3)

Hoarseness of voice

8

11.8

Laryngeal stenosis

1

1.5