Abstract

Chronic suppurative otitis media, infection of the middle ear cleft, is still a common disease in the developing countries...

Highlights

  • Chronic suppurative otitis media, infection of the middle ear cleft, is still a common disease in the developing countries

  • The complications of chronic suppurative otitis media are classified into extracranial complications and intracranial complications [1,2]

  • Complications are more common in patients having squamous type otitis media than in patients with mucosal type of otitis media

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Introduction

Infection of the middle ear cleft, is still a common disease in the developing countries. Many studies have shown that vast majority of subjects who had complications due to chronic suppurative otitis media were found to have cholesteatoma [3,4,5,6,7,8]. The incidence of extracranial and intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media and cholesteatoma has Statistical software decreased with the advent of new antibiotics late in the twentieth century. These complications still occur, and can be lethal if they are not identified and managed properly. In this study there were 81 patients with squamous type of understand and instill the most appropriate management for the chronic otitis media with complications.

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