Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a novel product for the removal of impacted human cerumen

Fullington, Douglas; Song, Jenny Z.; Gilles, Antionette; X, Guo; Hua, Waley; Anderson, Carl E.; Griffin, Joseph

doi:10.1186/s12901-017-0038-8

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“…It affects 10% children and 5% adults. This disease is frequently underdiagnosed and has not been treated, although it has a relatively high proportion (Fullington et al, 2017). Fuad et al in their study in Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzuegowina community found 328 children with cerumen impaction and without significant difference of boys and girls prevalence (Brkic, 2010).…”

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Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

Farhat¹,

Daulay

Darlan

2019

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Diseases of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) are common diseases in the world. The diseases are essential due to morbidities, which affect the physiological functions in the head and neck region. Cerumen impaction is the most common finding disease of ENT in children. The community service was done to find the distribution of ear, nose, and throat examination results of students in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi, especially cerumen impaction which then were treated with cerumen removal. The community service also aimed to increase student's knowledge about ENT disease. The ENT examination was done to 188 students. The students with cerumen impaction were treated with cerumen removal. The students also educated about ENT disease to improve knowledge about ENT disease. Among 188 students, the number of male students was more than female with 98 students (52.1%), where 76 students (40.4%) were 14 years old. 150 students (79.8%) did not have any complaint about their ear, nose, and throat. Ear fullness was a common chief complaint from the students with 15 students (8.0%). Ear disease was a frequent disease with 44 students (47.3%) and cerumen impaction as the most common findings with 43 students (22.9%). In ENT disease education, the evaluation was done with the highest result was get by 8 students with 80% corrected answers. Ear disease had high prevalence with cerumen impaction as the most common findings of ENT examination.

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“…Cerumen impaction affects about 10% of children and 5% of adults. The disease is frequently underdiagnosed and not treated, although it has a relatively high proportion (Fullington et al, 2017).…”

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Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

Farhat¹,

Daulay

Darlan

2019

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“…[4,6] Products include acetic acid, triethanolamine, almond oil, camphor oil, glycerol and propylene glycol preparations. [4,7] These products are instilled in the ear canal several times a day for a few days and then the patient is recalled for removal. There is no consensus on guidelines of the methods of cerumen removal, either as single intervention or combined interventions.…”

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Effectiveness of Same-Day Human Ear Wax Removal as an Office Procedure and Factors Associated with its Successful Removal

Acharya¹,

Pandey²,

Singh³

et al. 2017

J Lumbini Med Coll

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ABSTRACT:Introduction: There are various methods of ear wax extraction and there are no specific guidelines on this subject. Many times we ask patients to instil some wax softening product for a few days and revisit for wax removal. This revisits result in increased cost, discomfort and loss of time. We conducted this study to determine the effectiveness of same-day ear wax removal as an office procedure with one or more techniques. Our secondary objective was to find the association between various factors and successful wax removal. Methods: During the study period, all patients with ear wax managed by a single ENT surgeon were included. History and examination were done and findings noted. One or more methods including probe, forceps, hooks, curette, suction, wax softening with wax softening agents, syringing were applied for wax removal. Complete wax removal was noted as success. Results: There were a total of 63 cases of ear wax among 34 participants. Wax was successfully removed in 52 (82.5%) cases in the same day. Presence of ear ache, narrow canal, complete obstruction and hard dry wax were adversely associated with successful wax removal. Presence of ear fullness, ear discharge, or use of ear drops in home was not significantly associated with successful ear wax removal. Conclusion: We were able to extract wax from a large proportion of patients on the same day of visit, thereby reducing their cost of revisit, however there were 17.5% of cases who could not be treated successfully on the same day.

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“…Commonly used cerumenolytics include triethanolamine oleate, sodium bicarbonate, docusate sodium, hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide, glycerol, chlorobutanol and paradichlorobenzene. 8 A Cochrane review in 2018 evaluating the efficacy of various cerumenolytics was inconclusive. 9 This might be due to carrying out only direct comparison meta-analysis where the pooled estimates were limited only to head-to-head comparisons.…”

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Cerumenolytics with or without manual extraction for impacted earwax: A network meta‐analysis of randomised clinical trials

Sridharan

Sivaramakrishnan

2021

Clinical Otolaryngology

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Cerumen impaction in the ear canal is a common clinical entity observed in around 10% in children, 5% adults and increases to around 60% in elderly population, particularly in old-age homes. 1 One-third of patients with intellectual impairment present with impacted cerumen. 2 Cerumen consists of secretions from ceruminous and sebaceous glands along with desquamated epithelium from the external auditory meatus. 3 Impacted cerumen is often associated with irritant symptoms, hearing difficulties, poor quality of life and rarely perforation of tympanic membrane. 4 A recent study has also pointed towards high possibilities of mould infection in the impacted

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Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a novel product for the removal of impacted human cerumen

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

Ent Examination and Cerumen Removal in Letjen Jamin Ginting Junior High School, Berastagi

Effectiveness of Same-Day Human Ear Wax Removal as an Office Procedure and Factors Associated with its Successful Removal

Cerumenolytics with or without manual extraction for impacted earwax: A network meta‐analysis of randomised clinical trials

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