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  • Implementation and results of a surgical training programme for chronic suppurative otitis media in Cambodia

    Author(s)
    Smith, AKK
    Sokdavy, T
    Sothea, C
    Pastrana, MKR
    Ali, RF
    Huins, CT
    Clark, MPA
    Gollogly, JG
    Bhutta, MF
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Smith, Aaron KK.
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is a massive public health problem in numerous low- and middle-income countries. Unfortunately, few low- and middle-income countries can offer surgical therapy. Methods: A six-month long programme in Cambodia focused on training local surgeons in type I tympanoplasty was instigated. Qualitative educational and quantitative surgical outcomes were evaluated in the 12 months following programme completion. A four-month long training programme in mastoidectomy and homograft ossiculoplasty was subsequently implemented, and the preliminary surgical and educational outcomes were ...
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    Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media is a massive public health problem in numerous low- and middle-income countries. Unfortunately, few low- and middle-income countries can offer surgical therapy. Methods: A six-month long programme in Cambodia focused on training local surgeons in type I tympanoplasty was instigated. Qualitative educational and quantitative surgical outcomes were evaluated in the 12 months following programme completion. A four-month long training programme in mastoidectomy and homograft ossiculoplasty was subsequently implemented, and the preliminary surgical and educational outcomes were reported. Results: A total of 124 patients underwent tympanoplasty by the locally trained surgeons. Tympanic membrane closure at six weeks post-operation was 88.5 per cent. Pure tone audiometry at three months showed that 80.9 per cent of patients had improved hearing, with a mean gain of 17.1 dB. The trained surgeons reported high confidence in performing tympanoplasty. Early outcomes suggest the local surgeons can perform mastoidectomy and ossiculoplasty as safely as overseas-trained surgeons, with reported surgeon confidence reflecting these positive outcomes. Conclusion: The training programme has demonstrated success, as measured by surgeon confidence and operative outcomes. This approach can be emulated in other settings to help combat the global burden of chronic suppurative otitis media.
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    Conference Title
    JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
    Volume
    132
    Issue
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215118001056
    Subject
    Clinical Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/383702
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