Prognostic value of tubo-tympanic mucociliary clearance in surgery of chronic otitis media
Giménez Vaíllo, F.; Marco Algarra, J.; Del Campo Biosca, J.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 18(4): 389-396
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 1897715 Document Number: 383560
The AA. have studied a group of 52 patients affected of C.M.O. (with central perforation) which underwent reconstructive surgery of the middle ear. The time of the tubo-tympanic mucociliary clearance, tried by means of a saccharin solution, was correlated with the surgical outcome. The conclusion drawn out is the success of reconstruction when the mucociliary system works well.