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- Berglund, Malin, 1970, et al.
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Tinnitus and taste disturbances reported after myringoplasty: Data from a national quality registry
- 2019
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In: Laryngoscope. - : Wiley. - 0023-852X .- 1531-4995. ; 129:1, s. 209-215
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- © 2018 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc. Objectives/Hypothesis: Postoperative tinnitus and taste disturbances after myringoplasty are more common than previously reported. Study Design: This study was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from the Swedish National Quality Registry for Myringoplasty. Methods: The analysis was performed on extracted data from all counties in Sweden collected from database A from 2002 to 2012 and database B from 2013 to 2016. Tinnitus and taste disturbance complications 1 year after myringoplasty were analyzed in relation to gender, age, procedure, and success rate. In database A, physicians reported tinnitus and taste disturbances. In database B, patients reported the complications. Results: A major difference was found when the complications were reported by physicians compared to when the complications were reported by patients. In database A, tinnitus was reported in 1.2% of the patients and taste disturbances in 0.5%. In database B, the frequencies were 12.3% and 11.2%, respectively. Tinnitus and taste disturbances were more frequent after conventional myringoplasty compared to those after fat grafting and were more frequent after primary compared to those after revision surgery when reported by physicians. Patients, however, reported the same frequency of tinnitus after fat graft myringoplasty compared to that after conventional myringoplasty (12.0% vs. 12.6%) and fewer taste disturbances after revision surgery. In follow-up assessments, complications persisted after surgery over a long time period. Conclusion: Tinnitus and taste disturbances are more common after myringoplasty when patients report their symptoms than when physicians report the symptoms. Level of Evidence: 2b. Laryngoscope, 2018.
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- Florentzson, Rut, 1957, et al.
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Alström syndrome and chchlear implantation
- 2010
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In: 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants ande Other Implantable Auditory Technologies.
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- Poster, Stockholm, Sweden June 30-July 3 2010
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- Florentzson, Rut, 1957, et al.
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Transmyringeal ventilation tube treatment: A 10-year cohort study.
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In: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1872-8464 .- 0165-5876. ; 76:8, s. 1117-22
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Objective This ten-year cohort study was intended to determine the incidence and expected outcome of ventilation tube treatment at a clinic that serves a community with 300 000 inhabitants. Methods All children aged 0–10 years, who received their first ventilation tube during 1996, were followed over 10 years, at the department of Otorhinolaryngology, county hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden. All acute and planned visits were recorded and analyzed, but no extra visits were scheduled due to participation in the study. Results In 1996 the overall incidence of tube insertion in the age group 0–10 years was 1 percent. A total of 155 children were entered, and 146 (94 percent) fulfilled the study. During the 10 years’ follow up, a total of 409 acute visits and 1485 planned visits were made. In approximately 50 percent of the cases the first ventilation tube was still in place after one year. Infection occurred in 53 percent of the treated ear(s) at least once; the risk for infection was higher if the indication for ventilation tube placement was recurrent acute otitis media. In 45 percent of the children at least one more tube insertion was needed. A permanent perforation after tube treatment was seen in 2 percent of the treated ears. After 5 years, one half of the children were declared free from middle ear disease, but at the termination of the study 17 percent of the children were still in need of regular visits to an otologist due to residual ear problems. Conclusion This study shows the natural course of treatment with middle ear ventilation tubes in a cohort of children aged 0–10 years during a ten-year period. The incidence of ventilation tube treatment was 1 percent. It is evident that many children need a prolonged contact with an ear-nose and throat specialist when treated with a ventilation tube.
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- Håkansson, Axel, et al.
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Transmyringeal ventilation tube treatment in children: Hearing outcome after 10 years.
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In: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1872-8464 .- 0165-5876. ; 79:2, s. 186-90
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This ten-year cohort study intended to determine any hearing impairment and eardrum sequelae comparing children treated with ventilation tubes (VT) with an age- and gender-matched control group.
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- Palmisano, Sadie, et al.
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Role of tobacco use in the etiology of acoustic neuroma.
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In: American journal of epidemiology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1476-6256 .- 0002-9262. ; 175:12, s. 1243-51
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- Two previous studies suggest that cigarette smoking reduces acoustic neuroma risk; however, an association between use of snuff tobacco and acoustic neuroma has not been investigated previously. The authors conducted a case-control study in Sweden from 2002 to 2007, in which 451 cases and 710 population-based controls completed questionnaires. Cases and controls were matched on gender, region, and age within 5 years. The authors estimated odds ratios using conditional logistic regression analyses, adjusted for education and tobacco use (snuff use in the smoking analysis and smoking in the snuff analysis). The risk of acoustic neuroma was greatly reduced in male current smokers (odds ratio (OR) = 0.41, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.23, 0.74) and moderately reduced in female current smokers (OR = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.40, 1.23). In contrast, current snuff use among males was not associated with risk of acoustic neuroma (OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.57, 1.55). The authors' findings are consistent with previous reports of lower acoustic neuroma risk among current cigarette smokers than among never smokers. The absence of an association between snuff use and acoustic neuroma suggests that some constituent of tobacco smoke other than nicotine may confer protection against acoustic neuroma.
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- Pauli, Nina, et al.
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High frequency hearing 25 years after transmyringeal ventilation tube treatment
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In: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0165-5876. ; 167
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- Objectives: The main aim of the study was to compare hearing outcome between a healthy control group and patients treated with transmyringeal ventilation tubes, 25 years after primary surgery. Another aim was to analyse the relation between ventilation tube treatment in childhood and the occurrence of persistent middle ear pathology 25 years later.Methods: In 1996, children treated with transmyringeal ventilation tubes were recruited for a prospective study on the outcome of ventilation tube treatment. In 2006, a healthy control group were recruited and examined together with the original participants (case group). All participants in the 2006 follow-up were eligible for this study. A clinical ear microscopy examination including eardrum pathology grading and high frequency audi-ometry (10-16 kHz) was carried out.Results: A total of 52 participants were available for analysis. Hearing outcome was worse in the treatment group (n = 29) compared to the control group (n = 29), both in regard to standard frequency range hearing, (0.5-4 kHz), and high frequency hearing (HPTA3 10-16 kHz). Almost half the case group (48%) had eardrum retraction to some extent, compared to 10% in the control group. No case of cholesteatoma was found in this study and eardrum perforation was rare (<2%).Conclusion: In the long term, high frequency hearing (HPTA3 10-16 kHz) was more often affected in the patients with transmyringeal ventilation tube treatment during childhood compared with the healthy controls. Middle ear pathology of greater clinical significance was rare.
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