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This video demonstrates the required instruments, appropriate set-up, relevant anatomy, and procedural steps for ear tube placement.
Sarah Maurrasse, MD; Erik Waldman, MD
Yale School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Myringotomy and tympanostomy tube placement
Middle ear effusions
Recurrent acute otitis media
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Mastoiditis
N/A
N/A
Ear speculum
Suction
Curette
Myringotomy knife
Ear tube
Alligator
Pick
Microscope
Audiogram
External auditory canal
Tympanic membrane
Annulus
Umbo
Bleeding
Otorrhea
Occluded ear tube
Tympanosclerosis
Retained tube
Persistent tympanic membrane perforation
Need for additional surgery
N/A
N/A
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