Open AccessExtending otology services to rural settings: Value of endoscopic ear surgery
Author(s) -
Abubakar Danjuma Salisu,
Yasir Nuhu Jibril
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/1596-3519.188888
Subject(s) - otology , medicine , value (mathematics) , general surgery , audiology , surgery , computer science , machine learning
Few centers, mainly located in urban settings offer otological surgical services, yet majority of patients requiring these services are rural based and are generally unable to access these centers with resulting disease chronicity and complications. This paper aims to describe the access of otological surgical services by a rural population.