Ear tube insertion

Ear tube insertion
Definition
Ear tube insertion is the placement of tubes through the eardrums.

Ear tube insertion
Alternate Names : Myringotomy, Tympanostomy, Ear tube surgery
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Ear Tube Insertion
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Ear tube insertion may be recommended when fluid builds up behind your child's eardrum and does not go away after 4 months or longer. Fluid buildup may cause some hearing loss while it is present.

Ear tube insertion
Ear tube insertion is the placement of tubes near a child's eardrums. ... Ear tube insertion may be recommended when fluid builds up behind your child's ...
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Reviewed last on: 1/10/2009
Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Ear tube insertion is a surgical procedure used to drain fluid from the middle ear. In this procedure, a small cut is made in the eardrum. Next, special tubes, called PE tubes, are placed in the ear to allow fluid to drain from the middle ear.

BMTT means ear tube insertion.
B: bilateral (each side).
M: myringotomy (small hole put in the eardrum)
TT: tympanotomy tubes (eardrum tubes) ...

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Tubes can help with ear infections because they: ...

Myringotomy is used to drain the fluid and may be used (with or without ear tube insertion) in combination with adenoidectomy as a repeat surgical procedure if initial tympanostomy is not successful. It is not effective as a sole surgical procedure.

See also: Surgery, Infections, Tympanostomy, Ear infection, Ear infections