To Study Whether Pain at a point behind and below The Ear Indicates Eustachian Tube Blockade
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H681- Obstruction of Eustachian tube
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/09/036817
- Lead Sponsor
- Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1)Patients complaining of pain in deep ear canal, temporomandibular joint or infratemporal region.
2)Controls- Patients of same age group complaining of nose or throat symptoms without Eustachian Tube Dysfunction confirmed by barotubometry.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Diabetic or hypertensive patients.
2)Immunocompromised or HIV patients.
3)Tubercular lymphadenitis.
4)Malignancy of head and neck.
5)Otitis externa.
6)Mastoiditis and other complications of chronic otitis media.
7)Parotitis.
8)Any other cause of referred ear pain.
9)Cleft palate cases.
10)Elongated styloid cases.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Diagnostic value of Infratemporal fossa pain in obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. <br/ ><br>2)Correlation of ear pain(Visual analog scale) and obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction score.Timepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Association of diagnostic endoscopy findings of nasopharynx and pain around the ear.Timepoint: Baseline