[The acceleration of remission after exacerbation of chronic suppurative otitis media following functional-reconstructive operations on the middle ear].

This study had the objective to enhance the efficacy of the surgical treatment of the patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media by means of reduction of the time needed to achieve persistent remission of the disease in the framework of a complex of therapeutic and rehabilitative measures making possible the surgical intervention on the middle ear regardless of the activity of the inflammatory process and its severity. Sixty five patients with chronic suppurative otitis media were examined and treated to estimate the clinical efficiency of the proposed complex of therapeutic and rehabilitative measures. It is maintained that this complex allows to achieve the positive results of reconstructive and restorative surgery without waiting for the development of long-term remission.

[The currently available possibilities for fixation of many-layer transplants in myringoplasty].

The objective of the present study was to improve the quality and efficacy of the surgical treatment of chronic otitis media including the plastic correction of total and subtotal tympanic defects by fixing a many-layer chondro-perichondrial autograft with the use of a latex tissue glue. Twenty seven patients presenting with total and subtotal defects of the tympanic membrane underwent surgical intervention in the lateral position. The multilayer transplants composed of a thinned cartilage, fascia, and transposed circular cutaneous graft on the feeding pedicle were fixed using the latex tissue glue.

[One-step rhinootosurgery. Clinical, economic and social aspects].

The objective of this work was to estimate from the clinical, economic, and social standpoints the efficacy of medical aid provided to the patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and concomitant pathology of the nasal cavity by means of the one-step surgical intervention. The study included a total of 208 patients presenting with CSOM of whom 108 ones were treated by the traditional multistage method and the remaining 108 by simultaneous rhinootosurgery. The latter approach was shown to be much more efficacious in terms of clinical, economic, and social considerations.