HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Objective: To describe the resultant Otologic morbidity and report on the early outcomes following blasts occurring in twin cities of Quetta and Peshawar. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: ENT department Tertiary Care Centre Quetta and Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar. Stu...
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| author | Kamran Ashfaq Ahmed Butt Naeem Riaz Bhalli Wasif Siddique Attique Ahmed Maryam Khan Manzoor Ahmed |
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| description | Objective: To describe the resultant Otologic morbidity and report on the early outcomes following blasts occurring in twin cities of Quetta and Peshawar.
Study Design: Case series.
Place and Duration of Study: ENT department Tertiary Care Centre Quetta and Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar. Study period was, from Jan 2013 to Dec 2013.
Methodology: All bomb blast patients brought to the hospitals were included in study. Participants completed Symptom Assessment Forms followed by detailed ENT examination and Pure Tone Audiograms on arrival and after 6 weeks.
Results: A total of 504 patients were included initially of which 80% of the patients were male. About 57.8% of the patients complained of ear injury, 21.6% of the total patients had tympanic membrane perforation on initial presentation. Chances of spontaneous closure of perforation were 20.9% in our study. Chances of hearing improvement were 17.9% in our study at the end of the study period.
Conclusion: Blast related otologic injuries constituted a major source of morbidity The most common type of hearing loss following a blast trauma was mild to moderate conductive type. Chances of recovery of hearing following blast do exist (17.9%). Suspected patients should be regularly assessed and followed up. Much work needs to be done to study the impact of blast trauma on hearing in our country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-912240d152664852a359571db6e3662e2022-12-21T20:31:07ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422021-01-0171SUPPL-1130135https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71iSuppl-1.62036203HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDYKamran Ashfaq Ahmed Butt0Naeem Riaz Bhalli1Wasif Siddique2Attique Ahmed3Maryam Khan4Manzoor Ahmed5Combined Military Hospital Gujranwala/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) PakistanCombined Military Hospital Gujranwala/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) PakistanCombined Military Hospital Malir/ National University of Medical Science (NUMS) PakistanCombined Military Hospital/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanCombined Military Hospital Lahore/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) PakistanCombined Military Hospital Kharian/National University of Medical Science (NUMS) PakistanObjective: To describe the resultant Otologic morbidity and report on the early outcomes following blasts occurring in twin cities of Quetta and Peshawar. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: ENT department Tertiary Care Centre Quetta and Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar. Study period was, from Jan 2013 to Dec 2013. Methodology: All bomb blast patients brought to the hospitals were included in study. Participants completed Symptom Assessment Forms followed by detailed ENT examination and Pure Tone Audiograms on arrival and after 6 weeks. Results: A total of 504 patients were included initially of which 80% of the patients were male. About 57.8% of the patients complained of ear injury, 21.6% of the total patients had tympanic membrane perforation on initial presentation. Chances of spontaneous closure of perforation were 20.9% in our study. Chances of hearing improvement were 17.9% in our study at the end of the study period. Conclusion: Blast related otologic injuries constituted a major source of morbidity The most common type of hearing loss following a blast trauma was mild to moderate conductive type. Chances of recovery of hearing following blast do exist (17.9%). Suspected patients should be regularly assessed and followed up. Much work needs to be done to study the impact of blast trauma on hearing in our country.https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/6203blast injurieshearing lossotologic diseasetympanic membrane perforation |
| spellingShingle | Kamran Ashfaq Ahmed Butt Naeem Riaz Bhalli Wasif Siddique Attique Ahmed Maryam Khan Manzoor Ahmed HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal blast injuries hearing loss otologic disease tympanic membrane perforation |
| title | HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
| title_full | HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
| title_fullStr | HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
| title_full_unstemmed | HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
| title_short | HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY |
| title_sort | hearing loss in blast trauma victims a multicentre retrospective study |
| topic | blast injuries hearing loss otologic disease tympanic membrane perforation |
| url | https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/6203 |
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