UNSAFE TYPE OF CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA, HOW PREVALENT IT IS?

Authors

  • Muhammad Junaid ENT, Head & Neck Surgery Department, Khyber Medical College/ Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, KP Pakistan
  • Malik Jawad Faisal ENT, Head & Neck Surgery Department, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Khalid Saeed ENT Department, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar, KP Pakistan
  • Sajid Ali ENT Department, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, KP Pakistan
  • Hamid Mukhtar ENT, Head & Neck Surgery Department, Khyber Medical College/ Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, KP Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i04.192

Keywords:

Otitis media, attico-antral, prevalence, unsafe, ear discharge

Abstract

Objective:

To determine the frequency of unsafe type of chronic otitis media (COM) in patients with chronic ear discharge.

Materials and Methods:

A cross sectional study was conducted in August 2019 to May 2020 at ENT department, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. All patients with more than 3 months history of ear discharge were included in the study. Unsafe COM was defined as persistent foul-smelling ear discharge for at least 3 months with attic or marginal perforation of the pars tensa, suspicious of cholesteatoma and granulation tissues on otoscopy/ otoendoscopy and/ or hearing loss of more than 30 dB on pure tone audiometry. Spss Version 22 was usecd for analysis.

Results:

Out of total 312 participants, age distribution showed 224 (72%) participants between 18-30 years, while 88(28%) between 31-60 years. Among 312 patients most of the participants 194 (62%) participants were male as compare to female 118 (38%) participants were female. Duration of symptoms showed 46 (15%) with duration of symptoms ≤6 months, 266 (85%) patients had duration of symptoms > 6 months. Mean duration of symptoms was 6 months with SD ± 4.212. Unsafe type COM was found in 44 (14%) participants and 268 (86%) patients did not have unsafe type COM.

Conclusion:

The frequency of unsafe type of COM is 14% among patients presenting with chronic ear discharge.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Muhammad Junaid, Malik Jawad Faisal, Khalid Saeed, Sajid Ali, & Hamid Mukhtar. (2020). UNSAFE TYPE OF CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA, HOW PREVALENT IT IS?. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 10(04), 49–52. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i04.192

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 04 (2020): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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