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B R Witten

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PubMed1977

Otoplasty--an eclectic technique.

The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of 78 patients with lop, prominent, or protruding ears. Four patients had a unilateral deformity. The procedure used in 110 ears consisted of a cartilage excision-incision and horizontal mattress suture technique. In 42 ears, horizontal mattress sutures only, with or without scoring of cartilage, were used. The complications and unsatisfactory cosmetic results are reported. No major complications such as perichondritis, severe infection or unsightly postoperative deformities occurred. In conclusion, 94,7% of all cases had a good cosmetic result. The techniques are easy to learn and very useful in training residents.

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Diffuse otitis externa: clinical and microbiologic findings in the course of a multicenter study on a new otic solution.

This report reviews the literature on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and bacteriology of diffuse otitis externa. Four departments of otolaryngology undertook identical studies of these factors, as well as the efficacy and safety of two similar antibiotic-corticosteroid formulations; one a suspension and the other a clear solution. A total of 239 patients, or 283 ears, were studied, utilizing objective clinical as well as correlative bacteriologic criteria. A high degree of clinical and bacteriologic efficacy was demonstrated by the medications irrespective of the formulation, infecting organism, patient's age, length of disease history, severity, or geographic location. There was no statistical difference between either formulation, both achieving a clinical efficacy rate of 97% and a bacteriologic efficacy rate of 83%. Drug related side effects occurred in 1.9% of the patients given the solution and in 1.1% of those given the suspension.

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