[A method for preventing recurrent scarring of the tympatic cavity in surgical treatment of patients with suppurative otitis media]. / Metod profilaktiki retsidiva rubtsevaniia barabannoi polosti pri khirurgicheskom lechenii bol'nykh s adgezivnym srednim otitom.

A trial of a novel pathogenetic method to prevent recurrent scarring in surgical treatment of patients with adhesive otitis media was made. The test group consisted of 36 patients with adhesive otitis media in whom surgical treatment was combined with application of mithomycin C (0.2 mg/ml) to the wound area. 27 patients of the control group received conventional treatment. The efficacy of the surgical treatment was assessed by reduction of the osteopneumatic interval. The results show that postoperative hearing was more stable in the test group.