Assessment of Otoscopic Findings of the Contralateral Ear in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is an irreversible inflammatory pathological condition in which there is damage to the mucosal lining of the middle ear cleft leading to permanent perforation of tympanic membrane. There is limited data in the literature regarding the effect of otitis media on the contralateral ear, therefore the aim of the present study was to assess the otoscopic findings of the contralateral ear in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in the Department of ENT for a period of 1 year. A complete demographic evaluation of all the subjects was performed including the gender, age group, educational status and occupation was noted. The contralateral ear was also studied using Schuller radiography. All the data was arranged in a tabulated form and analyzed using SPSS software. All the data was expressed as percentage of total. Results: The present study enrolled 80 subjects, out of these 50 were males and 30 were females. The mean age of the subjects was 24.05 +/- 2.16 years. According to otoscopy, 52.5% subjects had contralateral ear problem whereas according to PTA, otoscopy and otoendoscopy there 60% subjects who had contralateral ear problems. The results of PTA demonstrated that 39 subjects had contralateral ear problem with conductive hearing loss seen amongst 84.6% cases, sensorineural amongst 12.8% cases. Conclusion: From the above study we can conclude that there were 60% cases with contralateral ear issues, out of these the most common finding was tympanosclerosis followed by otorrhea.
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Sandeep Kumar, Abha Kumari
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.4.056
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