DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i11.035

Pages: 2008-2012

Introduction: Head and neck trauma includes many facial fractures as well as soft tissue injury to face, oropharyngeal injury and also trauma to neck. Head and neck trauma may or may not be associated with fractures like maxillofacial fractures or isolated fracture of nasal bone. Objective: To find out study on Head and Neck tumours presented in OPD of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was done in the Department of ENT & Head-Neck Surgery, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh from July to December 2021. Total 51 inpatients with a diagnosis suggestive of head and neck trauma Data was collected for age, sex, address, type of admission (Emergency/OPD), mechanism of injury, site of injury, imaging including X-rays/CT scan wherever applicable and results, surgical therapy, type of anesthesia, hospital admission duration, complications, and follow-up and analyzed. Results: Of the 51 cases, most of them were adult age group 62.7%, the females were 37.3% (19) and 62.7% (32) were male. In our study patients were divided into three age groups; pediatric (0-14 years), adult (15-60 years) and geriatric (>60years). Most of the patients belonged to the adult age group. 13.7% had presented to emergency room (ER) and 86.3% presented to outpatient department (OPD). Fall was the most common mode of injury (100%) in both pediatric and elderly population and in adults RTA (42.10%) was the most common mode. In the type of injury most common in pediatrics was oral cavity and oropharyngeal injury (47.60%), in adult’s facial soft tissue injury (STI) and facial fractures (42.10%) were equally common and in geriatrics it was (100%). Concision: Adult males were prone to head and neck trauma mostly sustaining soft tissue injury (STI) and fractures due to RTA and physical assult. Injury to oral cavity and oropharynx and STI due to fall is common in extreme of ages. .......