Causes of ear trauma in Kenyan patients
Abstract
Ear trauma is one of the most important epidemiological factors in causation of deafness. The causation of otologic trauma in eighty three patients is analysed. The triad of pain, hearing loss and tinnitus comprised the most frequent presenting complaints. Physical assault was the most common causation in 49.4% of the cases, road traffic accidents in 19.3% and self-inflicted injury in 15.6%. Law enforcement agencies constituted the most prominent factor in assault cases. Iatrogenic trauma was confined to 13.3% who were all below ten years of age. Road traffic accidents and violence from law enforcers were significant contributors to severe otologic damage as defined by dead ears and cerebrospinal otorrhoea.
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9803610http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/18012
Citation
East African Medical journal 1998Sep;75(6):319-21Publisher
Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]