Summary
Intracranial complications of otitis media
Intracranial complacations are freguently seen in patients with chronic otitis media.We found 77 % of the intracranial complication to be caused by cholesteatoma. Epidural absceses,meningitis and brain absceses were the most common complications in our patients.Our mortality rate was 10,4 % in 48 patients with intracranial complications
Özet
Otojen intracranial komplikasyonlar sıklıkla kronik otitis medialı hastalarda bulunmuştur.Kolesteatoma en çok saptanan patoloji olarak görülmüştür.En çok bulduğumuz intracraniyel komplikasyonlar;epidural abse, menenjit ve beyin abseleri olarak saptanmıştır. 48 hastalık serimizde intracraniyel komplikasyonlardan ölüm %10,4 olarak gerçekleşmiştir.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Basic Medical Sciences |
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Publication Date | December 22, 2009 |
Submission Date | December 23, 2009 |
Published in Issue | Year 1988 Volume: 5 Issue: 2 |
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