OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review was to systematically appraise the world literature to identify existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for the assessment of outcomes in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media, to verify the diversity of the individual questionnaire items, to report the methods employed to evaluate the questionnaires, and to identify areas for development...

Chronic suppurative otitis media is typically a persistent disease, insidious in onset, often capable of causing severe destruction and irreversible sequelae, and clinically manifests with deafness and discharge. The existence of chronic suppurative otitis media in prehistoric times has been clearly documented (McKenzie and Brothwell, 1967). These authors also referred to the discovery of chole...

Peroperative findings in 145 consecutive cases of chronic suppurative otitis media, operated at Civil Hospital, Karachi were recorded. The mean age was 24 years. More than half of the patients (51%) had subtotal perforations and majority had damage of more than one ossicle. Involvement of all the three ossicles was seen in 30 (40%) cases. The frequency of damaged malleus along with incus was hi...

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is one of the most common otological problems in developing countries. It affects all age groups. Type-1 tympanolpasty is simple repair of tympanic membrane. The objectives of this study were to describe the outcome of type-1 tympanoplasty in terms of graft take rate, hearing improvement and complications. Material & Methods: This quasi-experimental ...