Aural toilet (ear cleaning) for chronic suppurative otitis media.

CONCLUSIONS: We are very uncertain whether or not treatment with aural toileting is effective in resolving ear discharge in people with CSOM, due to a lack of data and the poor quality of the available evidence. We also remain uncertain about other outcomes, including adverse events, as these were not well reported. Similarly, we are very uncertain whether daily suction clearance, followed by antibiotic ear drops administered at a clinic, is better than a single episode of suction clearance followed by self-administration of topical antibiotic ear drops.
PMID: 32926406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - September 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bhutta MF, Head K, Chong LY, Daw J, Schilder AG, Burton MJ, Brennan-Jones CG Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research