title: Office otology follow-up.
abstract: The validation of otological care in the previous quarter century has been based, by and large, on short-term follow-up information. The rapid variation in procedures introduced during this period indicates that there may be need for further consideration. Analyses based on relatively short duration have led the "acceptance" of a variety of diagnostic and treatment methods which have proven disappointing in some cases. To help avoid this invalid "acceptance," a review of patients with significant follow-up may result in a more critical evaluation of future procedural changes. This presentation will be in four parts: 1. History of the office structure. 2. Discussion of five long-term patients that illustrates and supports certain otological concepts. 3. A review of surgical care for chronic suppurative otitis media in 1968. 4. A review of patients treated for serous otitis media with myringotomy and tubal insertion in 1968.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery