A Myringotomy and Ventilating Tube Applicator: New Look at a Five-Century-Old Procedure
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v30i2.355Keywords:
Myringotomy, pressure equalizing tube, ventilating tube, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, polyethylene tubeAbstract
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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