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To study the changes in eustachian tube which is a tube connecting the ear and the oral cavity in oral submucous fibrosis patients who suffer from reduced mouth opening due to habits like tobacco chewing before and after their surgery using hearing scans called audiometry and CTScans of the patient

A Prospective Analysis of Eustachian Tube changes Pre and Postoperatively in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients – Audiometric and CT Assessment. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/07/069751
Enrollment
15
Registered
2024-07-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-22

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: H908- Mixed conductive and sensorineuralhearing loss, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: nil: nil

Sponsors

Singh Shivani Shrinivas
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed clinically and histopathologically as having Grade 3 and Grade 4 OSMF based on More et al classification.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients diagnosed as having Grade 1 and Grade 2 OSMF based on More et al classification. 2) Patients with any other etiology for trismus. Eg. TMJ problems. 3) Patients with any other ear abnormalities or ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases. 4) Patients using hearing aids.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess hearing dysfunction (if any) using pure tone audiometry and tympanometryTimepoint: 3 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the change in dimension of Eustachian Tube pre & postoperatively using computed tomography.Timepoint: 3 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSingh Shivani Shrinivas

SDM College of Dental Sciences

kdeepthishetty@gmail.com8105307631

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026