[Surgical treatment of otitis media purulenta chronica].
Evolution of views on surgical treatment of otitis media purulenta chronica for the last decade and outcomes of this surgery in the last 5 years are reviewed. The authors made tympanoplastic operations in 220 patients. Function of the tympanic membrane recovered in 212 cases, a complete closure of the bone-air gap was observed in 89 patients; hearing improvement averaged 25 dB.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001302:Audiometry, Speech / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001844:Bone Conduction; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty