ABSTRACT
A complex vestibulologic and audiologic examination was made in 25 patients with OMPC free of mesotympanitis before and after experimental myringoplasty with hen's egg amnion. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the presence of vestibular complaints. Partial or complete disappearance of subjective vestibular symptoms, reduced stimulation of the vestibular receptors (by 19%, on the average) were detected by experimental vestibular tests on the side of the affected ear. The asymmetry coefficient by labyrinth lowered by 31.1%, on the average.
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Myringoplasty/methods , Otitis Media, Suppurative/complications , Otitis Media, Suppurative/surgery , Vestibular Diseases/etiology , Vestibular Diseases/physiopathology , Caloric Tests , Chronic Disease , Humans , Severity of Illness Index , Vestibular Function TestsABSTRACT
A vestibulogic examination was made in 66 patients with otitis media purulenta chronica complicated with labyrinthitis. The patients were divided into two groups: group 1 received surgical treatment in an acute period of labyrinthitis, group 2 was treated conservatively with delayed operation. The patients were examined at admission, 2 weeks, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the treatment. It was found that compensation of the vestibular function in group 1 took place 6 months after temporal bone surgery, in group 2-9 months after delayed operation, i.e. 1 years after hospitalization.
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Labyrinthitis/therapy , Otitis Media, Suppurative/therapy , Vestibular Diseases/therapy , Vestibule, Labyrinth/physiopathology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Audiometry , Chronic Disease , Diuretics/therapeutic use , Drug Therapy, Combination , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Labyrinthitis/complications , Labyrinthitis/physiopathology , Otitis Media, Suppurative/complications , Otitis Media, Suppurative/physiopathology , Otologic Surgical Procedures/methods , Treatment Outcome , Vestibular Diseases/etiology , Vestibular Diseases/physiopathology , Vestibular Function TestsABSTRACT
A complex vestibulologic examination of 131 patients with otitis media purulenta chronica (OMPC) was made. The patients were divided into groups and subgroups basing on the course of OMPC and presence or absence of subjective vestibular disorders. Vestibular function was assessed in various OMPC forms. Vestibular abnormalities were found in all the examinees. Therefore, all OMPC patients should be examined vestibulologically for early detection of initial, subclinical changes of the inner ear vestibular apparatus and decision on treatment policy.
