Treatment of choice for the following disease is
Correct Answer: Myringotomy with ventilation tube inseion
Description: The treatment of the established case is myringotomy and aspiration of the fluid. Performed under general anesthesia and with the help of the operating microscope. TREATMENT OF GLUE EAR: If the condition persists despite treatment of any underlying sinusitis or if no cause can be found, the patient should undergo an examination of the postnasal space with biopsies of any suspicious areas. Myringotomies should be carried out. If there is thick or serous fluid present. Grommets should be inseed even if there is a postnasal tumour present. Where the drum is collapsed or atrophic grommets may be inseed anteriorly, but if the atelectasis is longstanding they are unlikely to be beneficial, and the patient would be better served by having a hearing aid. If the condition persists after the grommets have come out. long-term ventilation tubes such as a T - tube or titanium should be used. Hence the best answer here would be choice A Ref: Diseases of ENT by Dhingra 6th edition Pgno : 64
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