<< Back
Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. Year: 2007  Volume: 17  Issue: 4  224-227
Radyofrekans ve insizyonel miringotominin miringotomi açıklık sürelerine etkileri

Mehmet Eken, Cenk Evren, Arif Şanlı, Sedat Aydın, Mustafa Paksoy

FREE FULL TEXT

Anahtar Kelimeler: Orta kulak ventilasyonu; otitis media.

The effects of radiofrequency and incisional myringotomy on the duration of patency

Mehmet Eken, Cenk Evren, Arif Şanlı, Sedat Aydın, Mustafa Paksoy

Objectives: We investigated whether radiofrequency
could prolong the patency of myringotomy.
Materials and Methods: Eighteen guinea pigs were
enrolled in this study. Myringotomies were created by
radiofrequency in the right ears in the study group
using the ENTec coblator plasma surgery system,
while the left ears had incisional myringotomies as the
control group. After the myringotomies, the tympanic
membranes were examined with otomicroscopy on the
5th, 7th, 10th, and 14th days. Closure times of the two
groups were compared by the Mann-Whitney U-test.
Results: All the myringotomies were closed up to
the tenth postoperative day. There was no significant
difference between the two groups with respect to
closure times.
Conclusion: Radiofrequency is a safe and minimally
destructive method to perform a myringotomy, but
it does not provide long-time patency.

Key words: Middle ear ventilation; otitis media.

Mehmet Eken, Cenk Evren, Arif Şanlı, Sedat Aydın, Mustafa Paksoy. The effects of radiofrequency and incisional myringotomy on the duration of patency. Kulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg. 2007; 17(4): 224-227

Corresponding Author: Mehmet Eken


Full Text
(English)



The fulltexts are in PDF format. If you dont have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed please click here to download. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a freeware software