Preventive therapy for postoperative purulent otorrhea after ventilation tube insertion

Kocaturk S., Yardimci S., Yildirim A., Incesulu A.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.26, no.2, pp.123-127, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.11.004
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.123-127
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Treatment modalities which are intraoperative irrigation of the middle ear with isotonic saline, postoperative oral antibiotic treatment, and postoperative topical antibiotic use have been compared with each other and with control group regarding their efficiency in preventing postoperative purulent otorrhea after ventilation tube insertion. Moreover, the costs of the treatment modalities were analyzed.