Table 6.
Variable | Age (in years) | Chi-square | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
<40 n (%) | ≥40 n (%) | |||
Indication | ||||
Foreign body | 5 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 28.042 | 0.001 |
Goitre/Thyroid cyst. | 10 (22.2) | 35 (77.8) | ||
Hoarseness | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) | ||
Epistaxis | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | ||
Difficulty in swallowing | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Nasal mass | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | ||
Chronic rhinosinositis | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Throat pain/Odynophagia | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Laryngeal tumour | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Corrosive ingestion | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Total | 29 (29.0) | 71 (71.0) |