title: [Mastoidectomy and seromucous otitis].
abstract: Twenty-nine children presenting with chronically recurring serous otitis media, or with serous otitis media complicated by retracted eardrum, underwent either unilateral or bilateral mastoidectomy. For 23 of the children (26 surgical cases) whose follow-up extended over a sufficiently long period of time, results were assessed by otoscopic eardrum inspection, audiometry, and tympanometry. Long-standing recovery of serous otitis media, accompanied by a return to normal of the tympanic membrane, the tympanometric and audiometric parameters, was achieved in 2/3 of cases. These data compare well with results obtained by other authors, and they are telling as regards the efficacy of mastoidectomy for stabilizing the inflammatory process and restoring normal tubal function, in some cases of chronic serous otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Faculté de Médecine Xavier-Bichat, Université Paris VII.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narcy
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lachiver
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Contencin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Polonovski
mesh_terms: D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D000293:Adolescent; D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Mastoïdectomie et otite séro-muqueuse.