Surgical treatment of otitis media purulenta chronica
Dzhaparidze, S.V.; Vacharadze, D.V.; Lomidze, L.S.; Khechinashvili, T.R.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 2005(3): 46-47
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 16034347 Document Number: 587947
Evolution of views on surgical treatment of otitis media purulenta chronica for the last decade and outcomes of this surgery in the last 5 years are reviewed. The authors made tympanoplastic operations in 220 patients. Function of the tympanic membrane recovered in 212 cases, a complete closure of the bone-air gap was observed in 89 patients; hearing improvement averaged 25 dB.