Availability of ENT Surgical Procedures and Medication in Low-Income Nation Hospitals: Cause for Concern in Zambia

Table 3

Absolute counts and percentages of the surveyed hospitals offering the different nose and sinus procedures according to levels of hospital care (first, second, and third levels).

Procedure	First-Level Hospital (FLH) ()	Second-Level Hospital (SLH) ()	Third-Level Hospital (TLH) ()	Unclassified ()	Total ()
Extraction of foreign bodies	33 (94.3%)	17 (100%)	5 (100%)	4 (100%)	59 (96.7%)
Septoplasty	1 (2.9%)	1 (5.9%)	2 (40%)	0	4 (6.6%)
Rhinoplasty	0	1 (5.9%)	1 (20%)	0	2 (3.3%)
Frontal trephination	1 (2.9%)	2 (11.7%)	2 (40%)	1 (25%)	5 (8.2%)
External ethmoidectomy	1 (2.9%)	2 (11.7%)	2 (40%)	1 (25%)	6 (9.8%)
Endoscopic sinus surgery	1 (2.9%)	0	1 (20%)	1 (25%)	3 (4.9%)