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- 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.
Article Abstract
Objective: To determine whether myringoplasty can be an effective tool to control eosinophilic otitis media and improve hearing.
Methods: Severity scores for patients with eosinophilic otitis media with or without myringoplasty were retrospectively analyzed. Surgical outcomes were assessed and compared to those of patients with control: chronic otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation.
Results: The average eosinophilic otitis media severity score for the patients with myringoplasty was significantly lower after than before surgery (P = 0.004), although the score for the group without myringoplasty remained stable during the study period. The success rate for graft uptake was 87.5%, and a statistically significant improvement was observed in the postoperative air conduction hearing level within the speech range (mean ± standard deviation; 41.5 ± 12.3 to 34.6 ± 9.22 dB; P = 0.0026) for patients with eosinophilic otitis media.
Conclusion: Myringoplasty contributed to decreased postoperative eosinophilic otitis media severity scores and should be considered to protect the patients from recurrent bacterial infections and pathogenic antigen parasitism in the middle ear.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anl.2020.09.005 | DOI Listing |
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