What is the treatment of choice for glue ear?: (A) Myringotomy with cold knife, (B) Myringotomy with diode laser, (C) Myringotomy with ventilation tube inseion, (D) Conservative treatment with analgesics & antibiotics
Answer is C. Ans. C Myringotomy with ventilation tube inseion Treatment of choice for glue ear is inseion of grommet (ventilation tube inseion). Tympanotomy / coical mastoidectomy has a very limited role. and is not done nowadays for serious otitis media. Myringotomy arid aspiration of middle ear effusion without ventilation tube inseion has a sho life and is not recommerided.