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Filter by:Inner ear trauma during chronic otitis surgery is one of the major concerns of Otolaryngology. Hearing thresholds or semicircular canals were investigated with this purpose. The investigator's aim is to test the utricle for surgical trauma.
Chronic otitis media is a prevalent medical condition, leading to important impact in the lives of the individuals with this condition, and a great amount of patients may need surgical intervention. The main objectives of the surgery in these cases are to restore the anatomy of the middle ear, to improve hearing and to remove the infection to avoid further complications. Still, chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma presents high rates of recurrence and residual symptoms after surgery. The standard technique used for treatment of chronic otitis media is microsurgery. Nonetheless, with the development of new technologies that use endoscopy, it is now possible to use endoscopic surgery to improve the visualization of the cholesteatoma and ear structures by combining both techniques. This study will evaluate the efficacy of the combined access surgery technique, which is microsurgery combined with endoscopy, for closed tympanomastoidectomy in patients with cholesteatoma. Furthermore, the study aims to compare the results of the combined access technique and the standard technique by randomizing the patients in two groups: one group will receive tympanomastoidectomy by standard technique and the other group will receive combined technique.
Mastoidotympanoplasty is a recognised surgery that is performed for chronic otitis media. But whether mastoidectomy in addition to tympanoplasty is really necessary in each and every case of quiescent chronic otitis media still remains controversial. Hence this study has been undertaken to study the differences in the outcomes of the 2 surgical procedures performed for chronic otitis media in a randomized control design.
The purpose of the study is to study the clinicopathologic behaviour of the 3 dangerous types of chronic otitis media that are prone for complications. In which type are the complications more common? Which type gives rise to more hearing loss? How does the disease process in the 3 types evolve? should the 3 types of otitis media be managed differently?