OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the frequency and management of complications of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). PATIENTS AND METHODS Out of 376 patients with CSOM, 44 patients (25 males, 19 females; mean age 48.5±3.5 years; range 21 to 76 years) meeting study criteria were enrolled in this descriptive cross sectional study which was conducted at the Department of Ear Nose ...

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Middle ear infections are common in children, and delay in diagnosis and treatment may result in complications such as delays in speech and language development and deafness. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and care seeking behaviour for middle ear infections in children under five years in Kigali city. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 810 children aged 6-59 mont...

Some specific management options to treat and prevent otitis media and certain related conditions are related to Eustachian tube dysfunction, whereas others are not. An understanding of the role that tubal dysfunction plays in the currently available nonsurgical and surgical options can be helpful not only in the decision-making process to treat or not to treat but also the reasons for complica...

OBJECTIVES To find out the prevalence of otitis media in school going children from lower socio-economic strata. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was carried out in a government school, Shree Naragram Secondary School in Morang district, eastern Nepal, and included 1050 children aged between 5-15 years. RESULTS Of the 1050 school children, 346 children were found to have various ENT related ...

Introduction: Tympanoplasty is a standard procedure to repair tympanic membrane perforation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of tympanoplasty (hearing improvement and tympanic membrane closure rate) in patients suffering from chronic perforation of the tympanic membrane by considering the prognostic factors.  Materials and Methods: In a prospective study, based on the results ...

chronic suppurative otitis media(C.S.O.M) in a chronic infective and chronic inflammatory process of middle ear and mastoid that may be with or without cholesteatoma.Due to its significant problems and complications such as hearing loss,labyrinthitis,facial nerve paralysis,meningitis,brain abscess,extra and subdural  BSCESS AND LATERAL SINUS THROMBOSIS IS A FATAL AND IMPORTANT DISEASE.IN THIS S...

Patient population: Pediatric patients (>2 months old) and adults Objectives: (1) Limit acute symptoms and suppurative complications caused by acute otitis media. (2) Maximize language development and minimize long term damage to middle ear structure associated with otitis media with effusion. (3) Limit complications of antibiotic therapy including the development of antibioticresistant bacteria.