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[External otitis: clinical diagnostics and treatment tactics]
E V Nosulya1, V Ya Kunelskaya1, I A Kim2,3
1Sverzhevsky Research Clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To summarize modern data about the epidemiology, etiology, clinical course and diagnosis of otitis externa.
Material And Methods:
Materials of scientific publications included in the Cochrane Library, information bases of the RSCI, MEDLINE, PubMed were used as a data source. The choice of material was carried out according to the keywords: otitis externa, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, local treatment.
Results:
The role of combined drugs in the main etiopathogenetic mechanisms of the external ear inflammatory process is shown.
Conclusion:
Analysis of published data from clinical trials indicates the importance of a fixed antibacterial agents and anesthetic combination in increasing the effectiveness of topical therapy for otitis externa.
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