Table 5 Application Evaluation – 2nd Instillation
From: Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a novel product for the removal of impacted human cerumen
| Â | Impaction before 2nd Instillation n (%) | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irrigation [n (%)] | 3–25% | 26–50% | 51–75% | 76–100% | Total |
Ear impaction before 1st irrigation | |||||
 <3% impacted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
 3–25% | 1 (100) | 1 (17) | 0 | 0 | 2 (14) |
 26–50% | 0 | 5 (83) | 0 | 0 | 5 (36) |
 51–75% | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 0 | 2 (14) |
 76–100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (100) | 5 (36) |
Ear impaction after 1st irrigation | |||||
 <3% impacted | 1 (100 | 2 (33) | 0 | 1 (25) | 4 (31) |
 3–25% | 0 | 1 (17) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) |
 26–50% | 0 | 3 (50) | 0 | 0 | 3 (23) |
 51–75% | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 1 (25) | 3 (23) |
 76–100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (50) | 2 (15) |
 Not performeda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (--) | 1 (--) |
Ear impaction after 2nd irrigation | |||||
 <3% impacted | 1 (100 | 2 (33) | 0 | 3 (75) | 6 (50) |
 3–25% | 0 | 3 (50) | 0 | 0 | 3 (25) |
 26–50% | 0 | 1 (17) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) |
 51–75% | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | 0 | 1 (8) |
 76–100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | 1 (8) |
Not performeda | 0 | 0 | 1 (--) | 1 (--) | 2 (--) |
Ear impaction after 3rd irrigation | |||||
 <3% impacted | 1 (100) | 4 (67) | 0 | 3 (75) | 8 (67) |
 3–25% | 0 | 1 (17) | 0 | 0 | 1 (8) |
 26–50% | 0 | 1 (17) | 1 (100) | 0 | 2 (17) |
 51–5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
 76–100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | 1 (8) |
 Not performeda | 0 | 0 | 1 (--) | 1 (--) | 2 (--) |
Physical removal necessary | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 No | 1 (100) | 5 (83) | 0 | 3 (60) | 9 (64) |
 Yes | 0 | 1 (17) | 2 (100) | 2 (40) | 5 (36) |
 Total | 1 (100) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) | 5 (100) | 14 (100) |