Malignant external otitis – evaluation of prognostic factors
- Conditions
- H60.2Malignant otitis externa
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025149
- Lead Sponsor
- HNO-Uniklinik Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Treatment for external otitis maligna at Freiburg University Hospital between 2000 and 2020. The presence of otitis externa maligna is defined according to the criteria of Cohen and Friedman (1987).
Exclusion Criteria
Age under 18 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identification of prognostic factors for improvement of the leading symptom in patients* with otitis externa maligna.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (a) Identification of prognostic factors for the duration of antibiotic infusion therapy.<br>(b) Influence of different therapy options (antibiotic therapy, surgery, HbO therapy) and therapy combinations on the improvement of the leading symptom in patients with otitis externa maligna.