title: [The diagnosis and countermeasure for the nose-source otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose the concept of rhinogenic otitis media and explore its pathomechanism through analyzing the diagnosis and treatment on secretory otitis media caused by unhealthy nasal cavity structure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Conservative treatment and correlative operation under nasoscope were undertaken in 176 otitis media patients with unhealthy nasal cavity structure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 176 cases, 156 cases recovered completely (88.64%), 18 cases got effective treatment (10.23%), and 2 cases got ineffective treatment (1.14%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One important cause of the secretory otitis media is unhealthy nasal cavity structure, so correcting the unhealthy nasal cavity structure is the main ways to treat rhinogenic otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital of Hainan, Haikou, 570311, China. linshanyulove@163.com
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhonglin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.forename: Guangyi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Huiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult