Okafor B C
J Laryngol Otol. 1984 Feb;98(2):113-9. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100146298.
A study of 386 Nigerian patients with chronic suppurative otitis media is presented. The disease usually starts in early life, even though presentation in hospital may be delayed until adult life. The important aetiological factors were found to be essentially socio-economic. Tubo-tympanic disease dominates the clinical picture and the rarity of the attic retraction type of chronic ear disease would suggest exceptionally good eustachian function in the population studied, but further study is required in this respect. It is suggested that complicated tympano-plastic procedures are in general inappropriate in the chronic ear population of this study.
本文介绍了一项针对386名尼日利亚慢性化脓性中耳炎患者的研究。该病通常在早年发病，尽管患者可能直到成年才到医院就诊。研究发现，重要的病因主要是社会经济因素。管鼓室疾病在临床表现中占主导地位，慢性耳部疾病中鼓室上隐窝回缩型罕见，这表明在所研究的人群中咽鼓管功能异常良好，但在这方面还需要进一步研究。有人认为，在本研究的慢性耳部疾病患者群体中，一般不宜进行复杂的鼓室成形手术。
