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. 2005 Jul;57(3):219–225. doi: 10.1007/BF03008018

Emergency Otorhinolaryngolocal cases in Medical College, Kolkata—A statistical analysis

Somnath Saha 1, Sudipta Chandra 1,, Prabir Kumar Mondal 1, Sudip Das 1, Saibal Mishra 1, M A Rashid 1, A R Mondal 1
PMCID: PMC3451350  PMID: 23120176

Abstract

At the round the clock entergency of the Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical College, Kolkata, different types of cases are managed everyday. The various emergency conditions encountered by us in last four years are gathered and analyzed in this study. The different problems and their modes of management are discussed here.

Keywords: Emergency, Ear, Nose, Throat

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