Volume 25, Issue 117, November 2021

Improvement of hearing after myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion in young patients with otitis media with effusion

Abdullah D Alotaibi¹, Hussam Ahmed Alruwaili^2♦, Sultan Faisal Alrubayyi³, Norah Sulaiman Aljabarah⁴, Shumoukh Saleh AlAfnan⁵

¹Associate professor and consultant otolaryngology, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, Faculty of medicine, Hail University, Saudi Arabia
²MBBS, College of medicine, University of Al-Jouf, KSA
³MBBS, College of medicine, University of Al-Jouf, KSA
⁴MBBS, College of medicine, University of Hail, KSA
⁵MBBS, College of medicine, University of Hail, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Hussam Ahmed Alruwaili; MBBS, College of medicine, University of Al-Jouf, KSA

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to explore the hearing improvement after MTT and evaluate the operation outcome in terms of the postoperative complications and hearing improvement stated by the patients. Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted in Hail General Hospital in Hail, Saudi Arabia, during the period from 1 June to 31 Septemper, 2020. Results: In most of cases (96.7%), there was hearing improvement after MTT. Postoperative complications were only 3.3% of tympanic holes and the same number of postoperative bleeding, but 14.4% had transient secretions or fluids after surgery and 4.4% of patients had blood, mucus or other The tube was clogged with secretions. 11.1% of patients have a damaged or weakened eardrum. Conclusion: In most cases (96.7%), our study showed improvement in hearing after MTT. The most common postoperative complications were transient.

Keywords: hearing, myringotomy, tympanostomy, tube insertion, otitis media with effusion

Medical Science, 2021, 25(117), 2962-2968

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