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Science articlesDrug delivery to the tympanum with otitis media with effusion
M. Yu. Korkmazov, A. M. Korkmazov, I. D. Dubinets, A. A. Smirnov, N. V. Kornova
(1) South Urals State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, 454092, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2020-4-48-54
ABSTRACT
The variability of clinical course and frequent exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis make it necessary to improve conservative therapy. According to current literature and EPOS 2020 data the main trends are aimed to improve drug treatment, while physiotherapy is rarely applied. The aim of the study was to increase clinical effectiveness of chronic rhinosinusitis exacerbations treatment by using low-frequency ultrasonic cavitation. Clinical examination and treatment of 57 patients with exacerbation of chronic rhinosinusitis and formation of two groups was carried out. The main group (34 patients), in addition to the conventional treatment, received a course of low-frequency ultrasonic cavitation irrigation of the nasal cavity (frequency – 29 kHz, amplitude – 25 µm), and the control group (23 patients) received a course of standard therapy in accordance with clinical recommendations. The treatment resulted in improvement of clinical symptoms and reduced disease recurrence rates in 31 (91,2%) patients in the main group and 16 (69,4%) patients in the control group. A satisfactory result was obtained in 3 (8,8%) patients in the main group and 6 (27,6%) in the control group. An unsatisfactory result was noted in one case in the control group.
Publication date:
24.08.2020
Keywords:
antibacterial therapy, rhinosinusitis, low-frequency ultrasound, physiotherapy.
For citation:
Korkmazov M. Yu., Korkmazov A. M., Dubinets I. D., Smirnov A. A., Kornova N. V. Influence of low-frequency ultrasonic cavitation on the severity of clinical symptoms in complex therapy of exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2020;19(4):39–47. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2020-4-39-47