Chronic suppurative otitis media, infection of the middle ear, is a common disease in the developing countries and the complications associated with it still pose a major problem in the developing countries. The proximity of the middle ear cleft and mastoid air cells to the extracranial and intracranial compartments places structures located in these areas at increased risk of infectious compli...

This chapter highlights important aspects concerning surgical indications and preoperative preparation related to surgical management of otitis media in children. The concept of chronic otitis media (COM) has been widely discussed (Chart 1). Some authors advocate that the definition of chronicity should be related to the histopathological changes that occur in the recovering mucosa of the middl...

Chronic ear discharge is highly prevalent in the West African subregion where it accounted for about 25% of out-patient consultation. However, the treatment is often limited to outpatient ear dressing and mastoid surgery with few patient having the reconstruction of hearing. This is a review of the work done on chronic suppurative otitis media in West Africa, highlighting the need to improve ea...

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Otitis media is the most common bacterial infection among children, accounting for as many as 30 million office visits annually. Proper treatment has become critical as offending pathogens become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and the cost of managing the disorder has exceeded 3 billion dollars per year. However, data suggest that many practitioners still struggle with ...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. pISSN 1011-8934 eISSN 1598-6357 WMA Guidelines on Promotional Mass Media Appearances by Phys...

Head of Department of otorhinolaryngology, Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital/ Dr RML Avadh University Faizabad, India) Senior resident, Department of otorhinolaryngology, Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital/ Dr RML Avadh University Faizabad, India) Junior resident 2 year, Department of otorhinolaryngology, Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital/ DrRML Avadh University Faizab...

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BACKGROUND Bacteria which are metabolically active yet unable to be cultured and eradicated by antibiotic treatment are present in the middle ear effusion of children with chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) and recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM). These observations are suggestive of biofilm presence or intracellular sequestration of bacteria and may play a role in OM pathogenesis. The a...