Real-world evidence (RWE) is clinical evidence on a medical product’s safety and efficacy that is generated using real-world data (RWD) resulting from routine healthcare delivery. This study evaluates the clinical ef...
Malignant tumors originating from the middle ear are rare. The literature identifies chronic inflammation and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection as the most common risk factors. A CT scan to assess bony invasion and...
Introduction: External otitis (OE) is an acute or chronic inflammation or infection of the external ear resulting from an imbalance in the external auditory canal secondary to microtrauma, maceration, eczema, or a for...
Although tuberculosis has become more common in recent years, it still accounts for just a small percentage of cases of chronic otitis media. Common symptoms of tuberculous otitis media(TOM) include otorrhoea, hearing...
Aim: To profile the diagnostic and the care provided for otological conditions in children. Method: This was a prospective cross-sectional study carried out from March 1, 2022 to May 30, 2022 at the ENT Unit of the Re...
Purpose:To compare cartilage tympanoplasty(CT)combined with eustachian tube balloon dilatation(ETBD)and cartilage tympanoplasty alone as a surgical treatment modality for adhesive otitis media(AdOM)in terms of graft h...
Objectives: Necrotizing external otitis(NEO) is a rare infectious disease of the skull base. The purpose of this study was to determine whether clinical outcomes of NEO can be correlated to different infectious spread...
Supported by Shanghai Leadership Talent Training Plan,No. 2017062;the Key Project of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medicine Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Foundation,No. YG2016ZD02;Shanghai Municipal Education Commission-Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Grant Support,No.20152233;Multi-Center Clinical Research Plan of Medical College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,No. DLY201823;the Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Shen Kang Hospital Development Center,No. 16CR4022A and No.16CR3041A;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81974142.
BACKGROUND Although long-term retention of a ventilation tube is required in many ear diseases,spontaneous removal of conventional ventilation tube is observed in patients within 3 to 12 mo.To address this issue,we ai...
Acquired atresia of the external auditory canal(EAC)is a rare cause of conductive hearing loss.It has been traditionally classified into 4 categories:traumatic,post-operative,neoplastic and inflammatory.Post-inflammat...
Objective:To assess acute otitis media with facial nerve paralysis,its prognosis,and treatment.Methods:It is a retrospective study.Thriteen patients of acute otitis media associated with facial nerve paralysis attende...