BIOFILM BACTERIA PLAYS A ROLE IN CSOM PATHOGENESIS AND HAS SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION WITH UNSAFE TYPE CSOM

Unsafe CSOM: Still a Challenge in IDPs

The aim of the prospective study was to determine the frequency of complications in unsafe chronic suppurative otitis media in IPDs migrated to district Bannu during military operation. The study was conducted in the department Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck surgery, DHQ teaching hospital Bannu, KPK-Pakistan form August 2014 to April 2015. One hundred successive patients were nominated whose ...

Unsafe CSOM still a challenge in rural areas

Correlation of preoperative HRCT findings with surgical findings in Unsafe CSOM

To Study the Level of Awareness About Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) in CSOM Patients.

INTRODUCTION Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) is one of the most common diseases in clinical practice. It affects large number of people. Disease causes disability and mortality because of its ability to cause complications. Patients develop complications because of lack of awareness about the disease, scarce availability of qualified otologists at peripheral areas and economical constra...

Demographic profile of CSOM in a rural tertiary care hospital

Objectives : To analyze the demographic and clinical aspects of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) Materials and Methods : Prospective observational study over a period of 6 years (January, 2007 to December, 2013), 1717 patients with CSOM have been cared for in the department of ENT , Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan. Results : CSOM commonly occurs in the age group from 11 to 30...