Objective: To determine the relative frequency of various parts of temporal bone eroded by cholesteatoma. Place and duration of study: This was a combined study conducted in the ENT Departments of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, and Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. The study took place over a period of 5 years from January1, 2007 to December 31, 2011. Sample ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the preferred patient approach to chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) of the safe type. METHODS We designed a prospective study to note the variables in the patient's initial choice for approach to CSOM of the safe type at Buraidah Central Hospital, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia from January 2003 to December 2004. RESULTS During the 24-month study period, we included 63 c...