Author/Authors :
Al-Mazrou, KA, King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Makki, FM King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Allam, OS King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Al-Fayez, AI. King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Department of Otolaryngology, Head Neck Surgery, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Al-Mendalawi, Mahmood D. Baghdad University - Al-Kindy College of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Iraq
Abstract :
I read th e inte resting stu dy by Mazrou et all on thesurg ical emergencies in pediat ric otolaryngo logy. I have2 comment s regarding their stu dy.First, otorh inolaryngo logic (O RL) foreign bod ies impaction s represent one of the leading causes ofadmission to O RL clinics an d, hence, to ORL surg icalemergency units. Mazrou et all addressed th at 42%of the total pediatric O RL emergencies were foreignbod ies-related. This figure is higher th an th at reported inour Iraqi O RL clinic, where it constitute d only 11.7%of to tal admissions with O RL problems in th e followin gdescending distribution , nose (8.7%), ear (2.7%), andlarynx (0.4%).2The aut hors did not address th e exact agedistribution of the studied pat ients with ORL foreignbodi es impactions.
