Lau C C, Loh K K, Kunaratnam N
Department of ENT Surgery, Singapore General Hospital.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 1988 Jul;17(3):372-4.
A preliminary prospective study of the correlation between middle ear diseases and cleft palate was started in February 1987. Eighty three patients from the Plastic Surgical Department of the Singapore General Hospital have been screened. Three quarters of the ears screened were normal. Middle ear effusion was the commonest disease especially in younger children found in eighteen of thirty four abnormal ears; all these patients benefited from myringotomy and insertion of a ventilating tube. Other types of middle ear disease included adhesive otitis media, perforation of the eardrum, attic retraction and cholesteatoma; these were found predominantly in older patients. The incidence of middle ear disease was 23% in Chinese patients with cleft palate as compared with up to 90% in Caucasian patients.
1987年2月开始了一项关于中耳疾病与腭裂之间相关性的初步前瞻性研究。新加坡中央医院整形外科的83名患者接受了筛查。所筛查的耳朵中有四分之三是正常的。中耳积液是最常见的疾病，尤其在幼儿中发现，在34只异常耳朵中有18只出现；所有这些患者都通过鼓膜切开术和插入通气管而受益。其他类型的中耳疾病包括粘连性中耳炎、鼓膜穿孔、上鼓室回缩和胆脂瘤；这些主要在年龄较大的患者中发现。腭裂中国患者的中耳疾病发病率为23%，而白种人患者的发病率高达90%。
