A Myringotomy and Ventilating Tube Applicator: New Look at a Five-Century-Old Procedure

Authors

  • Jay Pee M. Amable Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of the East – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc
  • Lily L. Sia-Vargas Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of the East – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v30i2.355

Keywords:

Myringotomy, pressure equalizing tube, ventilating tube, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, polyethylene tube

Abstract

Objective: To fabricate a single instrument that can be used to perform myringotomy and insert a pressure equalizing tube at almost the same time.

 

Methods:

Study Design: Surgical Instrumentation

Setting: Tertiary Private Hospital

Subject: A chicken egg membrane was used as a tympanic membrane model

 

Result: The fabricated instrument was able to perforate the egg membrane and apply the modified polyethylene pressure equalizing tube in less than one minute without complications.

 

Conclusion: The prototype applicator can facilitate myringotomy and pressure equalizing (PE) tube insertion at only a fraction of the time it usually takes to do the standard myringotomy and subsequent ventilating tube insertion.

 

Keywords: Myringotomy, pressure equalizing tube, ventilating tube, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, polyethylene tube

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Published

2015-12-02

How to Cite

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Amable JPM, Sia-Vargas LL. A Myringotomy and Ventilating Tube Applicator: New Look at a Five-Century-Old Procedure. Philipp J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 2 [cited 2024 Nov. 8];30(2):50-5. Available from: https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/355

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