Table 4.
Absolute counts and percentages of the surveyed hospitals offering the different nose and sinus procedures according to hospital status (public, private, and faith-based organisation owned).
Procedure | Public hospital (n = 38) | Private hospital (n = 11) | Faith-based organisation-owned hospital (n = 12) | Total (n = 61) |
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Extraction of foreign bodies | 36 (94.75) | 11 (100%) | 12 (100%) | 59 (96.7%) |
Septoplasty | 3 (7.9%) | 0 | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (6.6%) |
Rhinoplasty | 2 (5.3%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (3.3%) |
Frontal trephination | 3 (7.9%) | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (8.3%) | 5 (8.2%) |
External ethmoidectomy | 3 (7.9%) | 2 (18.2%) | 1 (8.3%) | 6 (9.8%) |
Endoscopic sinus surgery | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (8.3%) | 3 (4.9%) |