TY - JOUR
T1 - Habitual sniffing and postoperative configuration of the posterior meatal wall reconstructed with soft tissue
AU - Kawase, Tetsuaki
AU - Yuasa, Yu
AU - Oshima, Takeshi
AU - Kobayashi, Toshimitsu
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 80133958).
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Conclusions. Habitual sniffing is a significant contributing factor to the development of postoperative retraction of the reconstructed posterior meatal wall and tympanic membrane, although it still seems a multifactorial event. Objective. To examine the possible contribution of habitual sniffing to retraction-type middle ear pathology in a more direct way than previous reports. Patients and methods. The correlation between habitual sniffing and the postoperative configuration of the posterior meatal wall was examined in 58 patients with cholesteatoma who underwent tympanoplasty with reconstruction of the soft meatal wall. Results. The postoperative configuration of the posterior meatal wall showed severe retraction in 7 of 8 patients with habitual sniffing, but only 22 of 47 without habitual sniffing. Habitual sniffing was significantly associated with postoperative severe retraction (Fisher's exact test, p<0.05).
AB - Conclusions. Habitual sniffing is a significant contributing factor to the development of postoperative retraction of the reconstructed posterior meatal wall and tympanic membrane, although it still seems a multifactorial event. Objective. To examine the possible contribution of habitual sniffing to retraction-type middle ear pathology in a more direct way than previous reports. Patients and methods. The correlation between habitual sniffing and the postoperative configuration of the posterior meatal wall was examined in 58 patients with cholesteatoma who underwent tympanoplasty with reconstruction of the soft meatal wall. Results. The postoperative configuration of the posterior meatal wall showed severe retraction in 7 of 8 patients with habitual sniffing, but only 22 of 47 without habitual sniffing. Habitual sniffing was significantly associated with postoperative severe retraction (Fisher's exact test, p<0.05).
KW - Closing failure of the eustachian tube
KW - Habitual sniffing
KW - Retraction-type middle ear disease
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U2 - 10.1080/00016480600818112
DO - 10.1080/00016480600818112
M3 - Article
C2 - 17851901
AN - SCOPUS:35348949051
VL - 127
SP - 1132
EP - 1135
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
SN - 0001-6489
IS - 11
ER -