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Optimising the pre-treatment process before mobile ear surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media in Wolisso and Attat, Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2014

O Guntinas-Lichius ,
C Wittekindt ,
M Baier  and
J J Manni
O Guntinas-Lichius*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Jena, Germany
C Wittekindt
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Jena, Germany Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Giessen, Germany
M Baier
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Jena, Germany
J J Manni
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
*
Address for correspondence: Mr O Guntinas-Lichius, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Jena, Lessingstrasse 2, Jena D-07740, Germany Fax: +49-3641-935129 E-mail: orlando.guntinas@med.uni-jena.de
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Abstract

Background:

Chronic suppurative otitis media is a major cause of long-standing hearing impairment in many Sub-Saharan African countries.

Methods:

Attempts were made to optimise the pre-treatment process before mobile ear surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media in Wolisso, a semi-urban community in the Oromia region, and in Attat, a rural community in the Gurage region, both in the south-west of Ethiopia, between 2008 and 2010. This included special training for ENT nurses, and the use of a strict scheduling regime and improved topical treatment.

Results and conclusion:

This strategy allowed effective middle-ear surgery to be carried out using simple means and with a mobile ear surgery team, the latter of which is only transiently but regularly on site.

Keywords

Developing NationsSub-Saharan AfricaOtologyOtologic Surgical ProceduresTympanoplasty

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 5 , May 2014 , pp. 421 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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