myringotomy

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myringotomy

(ˌmɪrɪŋˈɡɒtəmɪ)
n, pl -mies
(Surgery) surgery a surgical incision of the eardrum, usually to relieve pressure or release fluid
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myringotomy

Making an incision in eardrum to release fluid trapped inside.
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Noun1.myringotomy - surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
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Routine tympanocentesis on children with uncomplicated otitis is not feasible because of ethical and resource-related considerations.
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These include cotton wool swab collection of discharge from the external auditory canal, needle aspiration of the middle ear (tympanocentesis), and suction aspiration of the discharge from the middle ear through the tympanic membrane perforation.
Drift in the bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as an emerging pathogen: an experience
Reports on radiotherapy-induced ear toxicities, however, often have to deal with a number of difficulties or limitations, such as small or heterogenous patient populations, a short follow-up period, or inability to verify the diagnosis of by tympanocentesis or myringotomy.
Prospective study to assess the incidence of otitis media in patients receiving concurrent chemo-radiation for head and neck malignancies
The most accurate studies on middle ear infection (AOM) involve tympanocentesis (removing some of the fluid from the ear chamber and testing it).
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If symptoms compatible with an AOM infection developed, a tympanocentesis was performed, as described, to confirm the diagnosis (17).
Nasopharyngeal bacterial interactions in children
'Ear' usually indicates a specimen from a patient suffering from otitis media, in which case a swab is not the specimen of choice, but rather fluid obtained by tympanocentesis. Use a small swab ('Calgie' type swab) only if the tympanic membrane is ruptured and then only after thorough cleaning of the outer ear and external canal.
Proper handling of microbiology specimens is vital to obtaining the best results
Tympanocentesis with or without tube insertion will offer symptomatic benefit for those with treatment failure or persistent earache, irritability, or other symptoms, Dr.
Vaccine may fuel resistant S. pneumoniae 19A
In the antibiotic-treated group, the tympanocentesis site was not found in any animal on day 7.
Potential complications associated with steroid use in the middle and inner ear
Pre-PCV-7, 40% to 50% of cases of AOM in young children were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, 20% to 30% by Haemophilus influenzae, and 10% to 15% by Moraxella catarrhalis." In studies conducted prior to 2000, diagnostic tympanocentesis isolated S pneumoniae from 25% to 55% of all middle ear aspirates from children with AOM.
Acute otitis media: influence of the PCV-7 vaccine on changes in the disease and its management
Tympanocentesis is the recommended procedure for collecting specimens that will yield reliable microbiological results to guide therapy in otitis media." (18)
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