Nasal Mucociliary Function of Otitis Media with Effusion

Goh, Eui-Kyung; Kim, Jae-Wook; Roh, Hwan-Jung; Wang, Soo-Geun; Chon, Kyong-Myong

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1996.7.2.349

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 7(2):349-353

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1996.7.2.349

원저

삼출성중이염에서 비강내 점액섬모수송 기능에 관한 연구

고의경¹, 김재욱¹, 노환중¹, 왕수건¹, 전경명¹

Nasal Mucociliary Function of Otitis Media with Effusion

Eui-Kyung Goh¹, Jae-Wook Kim¹, Hwan-Jung Roh¹, Soo-Geun Wang¹, Kyong-Myong Chon¹

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¹부산대학교 의과대학 이비인후과 학교실

¹Department Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

The etiology of otitis media with effusion is Eustachian-tube dysfunction, mucosal changes caused by infection, immunological abnormality, clinical causative diseases, the use of antibiotics and irradiation. The clinical causative nasal diseases, for example, nasal allergy and chronic sinusitis may cause delayed nasal mucociliary clearance, which often may develop Eustachian-tube dysfunction.

To find out the relationship between nasal mucociliary clearance and development of otitis media with effusion, we studied nasal mucociliary clearance time of otitis media group(34 cases) and normal control group(80 cases) by the saccharin method. Nasal mucociliary clearance time of otitis media with effusion group was more significantly increased than that of normal control(p<0.0l).

Keywords: Otitis media with effusion; Nasal mucociliary clearance; Saccharin method