Complications of Sinusitis: About 9 Cases in the Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Department of the University Hospital Gabriel Touré in Bamako
| Autor: | Boubacary Guindo, K Doumbia-Singare, Siaka Soumaoro, Fatogoma Issa Koné, Sidiki N’Dao, Drissa Kanikomo, S. K. Timbo, Fatou Sylla, Abdoul Aziz Diakité, Alhousseini Ag Mohamed, Mohamed Amadou Keita, L. Traore, Youssouf Sogoba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
rhinorrhea business.industry General surgery ENT department Disease University hospital medicine.disease Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology 030225 pediatrics Frontal Sinusitis Medicine medicine.symptom 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Sinusitis Ear nose throat |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Science. :27-33 |
| ISSN: | 2157-9415 2157-9407 |
| Popis: | Objective: This study aims to analyze clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic aspects of sinusitis complications in the Otorhinolaryngology department at the teaching hospital of Gabriel Toure in Bamako. Materials and methods: This descriptive and longitudinal study was conducted on 12 months from March 2012 to February 2013 in 9 cases of sinusitis complications in the department of Otorhinolaryngology at the University Hospital Gabriel Toure in Bamako. Results: The average age of patients was 22.7 years; a median of 19 years within 6 men and 3 women with almost 12.9 days of care seeking duration. The factors of risky were the use of nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs NSAID (4 cases), maxillofacial trauma (1 case) and HIV (1 case). Facial pain was the major symptom, such as frontal oedema, rhinorrhea with pus shedding and nasal obstruction. Computer tomography was used for complications specification. Frontal sinusitis was the most encountered with subperiosteal abscess (44.4%). Streptococcus pneumoniae was identified in 3 cases. Medical treatment associated to surgery was conducted on 7 patients. Two cases of death have been registered. Conclusion: The complicated sinusitis is an emergency and dangerous disease requiring specific care by a multidisciplinary staff. Much of complications are commonly encountered despite the antibiotic era. |
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