Tratamento cirúrgico das otites externa e média. Revisão de literatura e estudo de seis casos clínicos

Abstract

Despite all efforts clinicians and pet owners may provide, many dogs suffering from otitis externa turn out with a chronic otitis. Pre disponant and perpetuating factors may contribute for progressive changes in this pathology which goes from chronicity to external stenosis and otitis media. This paper makes a literature review foccusing the treatment of otits externa and media, discuss a surgical approach to cure such painful and chronic pathology, using six dogs with recurrent, chronic otitis externa and media. Also evaluates how objective radiographies have been when diagnosing otitis media, as well as questioning whether bacteria found in external cannal is the same in the timpanic bulae. Results tell us that a cure can be achieved using proper surgical techniques; x-rays proved dubious if there is an otits media or not, and bacteria in the timpanic bulae and external cannal were the same.