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Early complications of surgery for chronic otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. J. D. Dawes
P. J. D. Dawes*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr P. J. D. Dawes, ENT Department, Dunedin Hospital, 201 Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. Fax: 00 64 3 474 7956
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Abstract

This audit report details early post-operative complications following surgery for chronic otitis media. One hundred and forty-five cases were assessed. There were no facial nerve palsies, a bone conduction threshold elevation occurred in 4.6 per cent of cases. A wound infection occurred in six per cent of cases as did BIPP allergy. Twenty-six per cent of patients reported symptoms consistent with chorda tympani trauma. Short-lived symptoms of jaw discomfort were reported by 46 per cent of patients and imbalance or vertigo by 10 per cent of patients. The findings are compared with other published reports of complications following ear surgery.

Keywords

Ear, middleSurgery, operativeComplications

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 9 , September 1999 , pp. 803 - 810
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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