Comparison betwee surgeries using endoscope and microscope for treating unsafe type of middle ear infection

Completed

Conditions: PATIENTS HAVING CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA (SQUAMOUS TYPE)

Registration Number: CTRI/2017/07/009165

Lead Sponsor: Jawaharlal Nehru Institiute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Brief Summary: The objectives of the study are to assess and compare the efficacy of endoscopic ear surgery with microscope assisted surgical techniques on disease clearance and to compare the postoperative hearing improvement after these techniques among the patients with chronic otitis media- squamous type.

The study hypothesis is ’Endoscope is better thanmicroscope assisted ear surgery in terms of disease clearance and hearingimprovement in patients diagnosed with chronicsuppurative otitis media (squamous type)’ .

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients within the age limits who attend ENT OPD and diagnosed with Chronic Otitis Media(Squamous type) with no previous surgical intervention are recruited.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with Otitis externa 2.Patients with other comorbidities like Diabetes and Hypertension, 3.Patient with intracranial complications of CSOM, Patients with dead ear and patients with ear malformations.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Disease clearance	6 months after the each patient is operated.
2.Hearing improvement	6 months after the each patient is operated.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
not applicable	not applicable

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
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Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India
Dr Gayathri Bhaskaran
Principal investigator
9176841240
gayathri.kongot@gmail.com