Assessment of a Year of Surgical Activity in the Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Mother-child University Hospital of N'Djamena in Chad

Ear, nose and throat (ENT) is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat. It is a medical-surgical specialty because the management of these conditions can be medical and/or surgical. Our objective was to report on the results of a year of surgical activity in the Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department of the N'Djamena University Hospital in Chad. We were able to collect 168 cases that were operated on in the department, the most represented age group was 11 to 20 years old with 39.9%, the male sex was in the majority, i.e. 54% with a sex ratio of 1.15. The surgical indications were as follows: 44 cases of repetitive acute tonsillitis; 41 cases of chronic tonsillitis; 30 cases of adenoids; 10 cases of cervical LAP; cystic lymphangiomas and congenital cervical fistulas have 08 cases each; 05 cases of cervical masses; 04 cases of fracture of the NBF; maxillary sinusitis, CTT, lingual cysts, thyroid nodules all have respectively 03 cases each; 02 cases of parotid tumors; Tumors of the nasosinus: 02 cases, oral mass, retroauricular cyst, adenitis each have respectively 01 cases. Tonsillectomy was the type of surgery performed in the majority of cases (85 cases) or 50.6%, followed by adenoidonstonsillectomy (30 cases) or 17.9%. <i>Conclusion: </i>Surgical activities occupy an important place in the management of ENT-CCF conditions. In the majority of cases, they concern the pharyngeal region and children are the most represented in the studies. Good knowledge of anatomy and good surgical control can reduce intra- and postoperative morbidity. The success of surgery depends on the collaboration between surgeons and the anesthesiologist.