Management and long-term comorbidities of patients with necrotizing otitis externa.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to present the management of the patients with necrotizing otitis externa (NOE) and its comorbidities in early and long-term follow-up.

Methods

Between 2011 and 2022, 30 patients with the diagnose of NEO, who had cortical bone erosion or trabecular demineralization in temporal bone computed tomography and administered at least 6-week antimicrobial therapy were included in the study. Clinical, laboratory and imaging findings of patients, and comorbidities during follow-up were analysed. NOE extending further from the petro-occipital fissure on magnetic resonance imaging was accepted as medial skull base (MSB) involvement.

Results

30 patients, (8 women, 22 men, mean age 66.2 ± 1.7), with NOE were followed 36.4 ± 29.6 months. The mortality rate was 23.33

SUBMITTER: Arslan IB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9759449 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature