جراحي اوتيت مزمن در بيماران تالاسمي مينور

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Otitis Media in Thalassemia Minor patients

A retrospective study of 1964 medical records of patients who had undergone surgery for chronic otitis media at the Baghiyatollah hospital from 1992-1998 showed a recurrence rate of 8.3%. 62% of this group had a systemic disease. Bone marrow disorders were the most common and the thalassemia minor phenotype had a 31% prevalence rate. Four of these series underwent mastoid surgery for three times. Medical records show in all the patients treated by modified radical mastoidectomy without the use of synthetic material had no recurrence for at least one year post operation.