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When should myringotomy not be performed?
Myringotomy with or without the insertion of ear tubes is NOT recommended for initial treatment of otherwise healthy children with middle ear inflammation with effusion.
What childhood condition is most treated with myringotomy and tube placement?
In the United States, myringotomy and tube placement have become a mainstay of treatment for recurrent otitis media in children.
What are the benefits of myringotomy?
Parents often report that children talk better, hear better, are less irritable, sleep better, and behave better after myringotomy with the insertion of ear tubes.
How successful is a myringotomy?
The surgery may not be a permanent cure. As many as 30% of children undergoing myringotomy with insertion of ear tubes need to undergo another procedure within five years.
What are the results of a myringotomy in adults?
Normal results in adults include relief of ear pain and ability to resume flying or deep-sea diving without barotrauma.
Where is Myringotomy done?
Myringotomy and ear tube surgery is performed in a hospital
What is the difference between a myringotomy and a tympanostomy?
tympanotomy- where you make a hole in the tympanic membrane. myringotomy- where you give an incision on the tympanic membrane which heals within days.
What are the mortality rates of myringotomy?
Mortality rates are extremely low; case studies of fatalities following myringotomy are rare in the medical literature, and most involve adults.
How long is recovery?
Adult myringotomy--how long is the recovery?
When is Myringotomy done?
Myringotomy and ear tube surgery is performed to drain ear fluid and prevent ear infections when antibiotics don't work or when ear infections are chronic
Why is daycare placement a risk factor for middle ear infection?
A 1997 study at the University of North Carolina found that 31% of the children in a sample of 346 children in daycare required myringotomy with tube insertion as compared to 11% of 63 children cared for at home.
How is a myringotomy performed?
When a conventional myringotomy is performed, the ear is washed, a small incision made in the eardrum, the fluid sucked out, a tube inserted, and the ear packed with cotton to control bleeding.
