Abstract
Forty-three ears of patients 60 years of age older who were treated surgically otitis media from 1979 to 1983 were analyzed. This paper is a sequel to the previous one titled “Chronic Otitis Media in Aged Persons” describing patients treated in our department from 1965 to 1978.The main difference between the previous and the present reports is that in the earlier period surgery was considered to be indicated only for severe or emergency conditions in this age groups, while in the latter period surgery was performed when indicated, regardless of the patients' age. Tympanoplasty types I and II have increased and radical operations have decreased. Alumina ceramics was formed to be useful for artificial auditory ossicles. Postoperative improvement to an average conversational hearing range can be expected in about a third of all cases of chronic otitis media.An analysis of the ages of the outpatients examined at our department in 1978 and 1983 revealed that the number of patients over 60 has increased. Chronic otitis media is on the increase, especially among the elderly.
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