Table 4.

Indications distributed by gender

Variable	Gender		Chi square	P
	Male n (%)	Female n (%)
Indication
Foreign body	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)	47.161	<0.001
Goitre/Thyroid cyst.	0 (0.0)	45 (100.0)
Hoarseness	11 (42.3)	15 (57.7)
Epistaxis	4 (66.7)	2 (33.3)
Difficulty in swallowing	0 (0.0)	2 (100.0)
Nasal mass	4 (50.0)	4 (50.0)
Chronic rhinosinositis	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Throat pain/Odynophagia	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Laryngeal tumour	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Corrosive ingestion	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Total	29 (29.0)	71 (71.0)