Heat myringotomy for the treatment of serous otitis media.
A new heat myringotomy device is described that produces a 2-mm myringotomy which remains open three to four weeks without the need for a ventilation tube. The device can be used in the office in young children under iontophoretic anesthesia and may eliminate the need for tube insertion in 50% of chronic serous otitis media cases.
Goode
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Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Schulz
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery*