Outcome of grommet tube insertions among adult Nigerians with serous otitis media

Outcome of grommet tube insertions among adult Nigerians with serous otitis media

Dear Sir, Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the presence of fluid in the middle ear without features of acute ear infection, due to Eustachian tube dysfunction, which could result in conductive hearing loss (CHL). Excluded were individuals with perforated TM and complicated OME Aero Tymp PTFE/8�...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of African medicine 2009-10, Vol.8 (4), p.281-282
Hauptverfasser: Alabi, B S, Bolaji, B O, Segun-Busari, S, Aremu, S K, Afolabi, O A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Care and treatment
Diagnosis
Ear diseases
Ears & hearing
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Middle ear ventilation
Middle Ear Ventilation - adverse effects
Middle Ear Ventilation - instrumentation
Otitis media
Otitis Media with Effusion - surgery
Patient outcomes
Teaching hospitals
Treatment Outcome
Tumors
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Dear Sir, Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the presence of fluid in the middle ear without features of acute ear infection, due to Eustachian tube dysfunction, which could result in conductive hearing loss (CHL). Excluded were individuals with perforated TM and complicated OME Aero Tymp PTFE/8' Armstrong Vinyl grommet tubes were inserted into the pars tensa of the TM under general anesthesia (GA) via face mask with inhalation agents.
ISSN:1596-3519
0975-5764
DOI:10.4103/1596-3519.59586