caa a22 4500 606184848 CHVBK 20210128100828.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-013-2812-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-013-2812-6 A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing bismuth iodine paraffin paste external ear pack and no ear pack after middle ear surgery [Elektronische Daten] [Faisal Javed, Russell Whitwell, Daniel Hajioff, Philip Robinson, David Rea, Iain Macleod, Paul White, Desmond Nunez] To pilot a substantive randomized control trial comparing post-operative external ear canal pack with no ear pack after middle ear surgery, 32 adults undergoing primary posterior bony canal wall preserving middle ear surgery were randomized to have either a bismuth iodoform paraffin paste pack or no ear pack post-operatively. Outcome measures included clinician- and patient-recorded visual analogue scale scores for ear signs and symptoms at 3weeks and 3months and audiometric findings at 3months post-operatively. There was no statistically significant inter-group difference in 3-week clinician and patient cumulative scores for ear signs and symptoms. There was also no significant difference in graft take rate, appearance of ear canals and audiometric results in either group at 3months. No difference in ear symptoms, clinician findings or hearing was demonstrated between patients with a post-operative pack compared to those without a pack following middle ear surgery in this pilot study. The Author(s), 2013 Ear packing nationallicence BIPP nationallicence Randomized controlled trial nationallicence Canal wall-up ear surgery nationallicence Visual analogue scores nationallicence Ear blockage nationallicence Javed Faisal Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, BA1 3NG, Bath, UK aut Whitwell Russell Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut Hajioff Daniel Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut Robinson Philip Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut Rea David Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut Macleod Iain Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut White Paul Applied Statistics Group, University of West of England, BS16 1QY, Bristol, UK aut Nunez Desmond Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/3(2015-03-01), 543-550 0937-4477 272:3<543 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2812-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2812-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Javed Faisal Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, BA1 3NG, Bath, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whitwell Russell Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hajioff Daniel Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson Philip Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rea David Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Macleod Iain Department of ENT, Southmead Hospital, BS10 5NB, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- White Paul Applied Statistics Group, University of West of England, BS16 1QY, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nunez Desmond Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/3(2015-03-01), 543-550 0937-4477 272:3<543 2015 272 405