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J Falbe-Hansen

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PubMed1992

[Cholesteatoma behind an intact ear drum--an overlooked disease?].

On the background of increasing international interest for early diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment of cholesteatoma in children, a sub-group is described and termed primary cholesteatoma, congenital cholesteatoma in the middle ear or cholesteatoma in the middle ear behind an intact ear-drum. This review is based on a retrospective review of cholesteatoma in children submitted to operation in Hjørring Hospital during a period of five years from 1986 to 1991. All of the children were under the age of 16 years. Out of 22 cholesteatoma treated operatively in children, the authors found six cases (27%) of congenital cholesteatoma. The symptomless congenital cholesteatoma in the middle ear is recognized clinically by otoscopy where it appears as a white shadow, most frequently in the anterior upper quadrant, behind an intact ear-drum. Early diagnosis is important and may be established by general practitioners, paediatricians and otologists at routine otoscopy.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1980

Adenoidectomy for middle ear disorders: a randomized controlled trial.

Repeated tympanometric screening of a regionally defined population of 3-year-old children defined a group of 42 children with middle ear disease which had persisted for at least 6 months. These children were treated by either myringotomy with adenoidectomy or myringotomy without adenoidectomy decided by random allocation. Postoperative observation during 6 months failed to disclose any difference in middle ear status between the two groups.

Adenoidectomy↗
PubMed1980

Tympanometry in three-year-old children. III. Correlation between tympanometry and findings at paracentesis in a prospectively followed population of otherwise healthy children aged 3--4 years.

Paracentesis was performed on 46 three- to four-year-old children out of all 523 three-year-olds in a geographically defined area, because these 46 children had persistently showed abnormal tympanograms over a 6-month period. The findings were correlated to the parameters middle ear pressure, absolute compliance, absolute gradient, and relative gradient. As regards the state of effusion in the middle ear, all these parameters--except for the middle ear pressure--showed a high predictive value. The significance of the findings in the tympanometric diagnosis of middle ear disease in the younger age groups is outlined.

Acoustic Impedance Tests↗
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Silastic and gelatin film sheeting in tympanoplasty.

In 78 patients, representing 10% of the most severe case of chronic otitis media and in whom the mucosa from the promontory had been removed or severely damaged, the promontory was covered in one-stage mastoidectomy-tympanoplasty with a large piece of thin silastic or of Gelfilm. The results in the silastic group, comprising 50 patients, and in the Gelfilm group, comprising 28 patients, were compared on the basis of various criteria. The results proved better in the Gelfilm group. In particular, the percentage of recurrent perforations was considerably lower than in the silastic group. In one-stage operations, which we prefer, it is therefore recommended to use Gelfilm rather that silastic.

Chronic Disease↗