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

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 ()	Private hospital ()	Faith-based organisation-owned hospital ()	Total ()
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%)