Choice of treatment for chronic suppurative otitis media.
Many otolaryngologists appear to be confused regarding the indications for tympanoplasty and the choice of procedure for tympanoplasty, particularly if there is associated mastoid disease. This paper presents one otolaryngologist's approach to the patient with chronic suppurative otitis media and describes the indications for surgery and choice of surgical procedure based on a simple classification of the disease process.
D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty