| Lateral Cephalometric Analysis of Children with Otitis Media with Effusion |
| Jeong Ha Kim, MD1, Kwang Hee Woo, MD1, Suk Tae Kang, MD1, Chin Saeng Cho, MD1, Yin Gyo Jung, MD1, Kyung You Park, MD1, and Sang Ho Lee, PhD2 |
| 1;Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, 2;Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea |
| 삼출성중이염환자에 있어서 Lateral Cephalometry를 이용한 비인강의 비교분석 |
| 김정하1 · 우광희1 · 강석태1 · 조진생1 · 정인교1 · 박경유1 · 이상호2 |
| 한림대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;강원대학교 자연과학대학 통계학과2; |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Some previous studies have tried to establish differences in the morphology of the nasopharynx between patients with otitis media with effusion and normal persons. We have used the lateral cephalometric analysis to investigate these differences in detail. Skeletal and soft tissue measurements were recorded in 20 patients with bilateral otitis media with effusion and compared with 30 normal controls. Various points were plotted enabling 23 different linear dimensions in and around the nasopharynx to be compared. The results show significant differencies between two groups in the skeletal and soft tissue dimensions of the nasopharynx. We conclude that these differencies between two groups may be one of the etiologic factors of otitis media with effusion.
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| Keywords:
Lateral cephalometryㆍOtitis media with effusion. |
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