CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA: HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE TEMPORAL BONE WITH SURGICAL CORRELATION

Autor: Pradeep Kumar Chandanur Nagarajaiah, Vijay Prakash Kannan, Chakenahalli P Nanjaraj, Pradeep Hagalahalli Nagarajegowda
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 3, Iss 40, Pp 1955-1962 (2016)
ISSN: 2349-2570
2349-2562
DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2016/436
Popis: PURPOSE To correlate the sensitivity and specificity of High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) findings of temporal bone in chronic otitis media with surgical findings. MATERIALS & METHODS HRCT of temporal bone of fifty patients with chronic otitis media were evaluated prospectively between July 2012 and December 2013. The various pathological findings, complications and important anatomical variations were evaluated. These findings were compared with intraoperative findings. Statistical methods were carried out using SPSS for Windows (Version 16.0) and Minitab (Version 11.0) for windows. The sensitivity, specificity, false positive and false negative rates were calculated. The level of significance was considered significant for P-values
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