1. Optimising the pre-treatment process before mobile ear surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media in Wolisso and Attat, Ethiopia.
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Guntinas-Lichius O, Wittekindt C, Baier M, and Manni JJ
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Chronic Disease, Developing Countries, Ethiopia, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Otitis Media, Suppurative nursing, Rural Health Services organization & administration, Specialties, Nursing education, Young Adult, Mobile Health Units organization & administration, Otitis Media, Suppurative surgery, Preoperative Care methods, Specialties, Nursing methods, Surgeons organization & administration, Tympanoplasty nursing
- Abstract
Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is a major cause of long-standing hearing impairment in many Sub-Saharan African countries., Methods: Attempts were made to optimise the pre-treatment process before mobile ear surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media in Wolisso, a semi-urban community in the Oromia region, and in Attat, a rural community in the Gurage region, both in the south-west of Ethiopia, between 2008 and 2010. This included special training for ENT nurses, and the use of a strict scheduling regime and improved topical treatment., Results and Conclusion: This strategy allowed effective middle-ear surgery to be carried out using simple means and with a mobile ear surgery team, the latter of which is only transiently but regularly on site.
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- 2014
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