Publications by authors named "Maria Masuda"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of myringoplasty in managing eosinophilic otitis media and enhancing hearing.
- Results showed a significant reduction in the severity scores for eosinophilic otitis media after myringoplasty, while scores without surgery remained unchanged.
- Myringoplasty had an 87.5% success rate in graft uptake and improved hearing levels in patients, suggesting its potential benefits in preventing recurrent infections.
Objective: Eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) is an intractable type of otitis media in which sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) progresses over time. Clinically, bacterial infection complicates the course of EOM, making it challenging to control otorrhea/middle ear effusion (MEE) from infected ears, and accelerates the progression of SNHL. In this study, we focused on infection, one of the risk factors for SNHL in EOM, and analyzed factors associated with it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) is an intractable disorder associated with bronchial asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. Periostin is an extracellular matrix protein secreted by fibroblasts in response to interleukin (IL)-4 and/or IL-13 and is a known marker for eosinophilic disorders. We assessed serum periostin levels and expression of periostin in the middle ear mucosa according to three grade of EOM severity (grade1 to 3).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We classified eosinophilic otitis media (EOM) into three grades (G1-G3) based on the middle ear mucosal thickness and aimed to establish a treatment strategy for EOM based on these pathological categories.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary referral center.