The differential approach to the treatment of exudative otitis media with the use of mucosal immunocorrection
Ochirov, D.D.; Shcherbik, N.V.; Kologrivova, E.N.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 2012(5): 65-68
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 23250532 Document Number: 660201
The objective of the present study was to improve the efficacy of the treatment of the patients suffering from exudtaive otitis media (EOM). A total of 75 patients presenting with EOM were allocated to 2 groups. In one of them (n=36) the patients were treated using conventional therapeutic modalities, in the other one (n=39) with the use of a local immunomodulator (a 0.04% synthetic tetradecapeptide solution). The local application of the immunocorrective agent has demonstrated its normalizing action on the parameters of both local and systemic immunity. It is concluded that the adequate and timely treatment with the use of synthetic tetradecapeptide reduces the probability of relapse and chronization of the pathological process which not infrequently allows the surgical intervention to be avoided.