Modified surgery for treatment of recurrent otitis media

Abstract

Recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) is presenting as a repeated development of purulent middle ear inflammation. Surgical treatment - Myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion, one of the most common surgeries in pediatric population, is indicated for RAOM, especially in unresponsive to prophylactic antimicrobial therapy cases. [1] The effectiveness of this surgery in RAOM is uncertain: high level of recurrence and complications rate leads to necessity of repeated surgery [2] or even mastoidectomy [3].