title: [Laser myringotomy].
abstract: The aim of the study was assessment of the qualities of laser-assisted myringotomy (LAM) as a treatment for acute and secretory otitis media. Laser-assisted myringotomy was performed on 65 children (113 ears) mean age 6.2 years diagnosed with secretory otitis media (80%), recurrent secretory otitis media (11%) and acute otitis media (9%). Myringotomy was performed under general anesthesia using the OtoLAM device (ESC/Sharplan, Israel). In 64 ears pressure equalisation tubes were inserted after fenestration of the tympanic membrane with laser. Adenoidectomy alone or with tonsillectomy was performed at the same time in 51 cases. Laser tympanostomies remained patent for 7-32 days. All tympanostomies healed with no noticeable scarring. LAM appears to be a safe, and easy to performed, alternative technique in the treatment of otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngołogii Dzieciecej AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hassmann-Poznańska
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skotnicka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome