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What is it like to have a myringectomy?
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Myringectomy?: A myringectomy would be removing part or all of the eardrum. Only heard of one case in past 35 years, patient with chronic recurrent adhesive otitis media in- tractable to conservative care. Probably mean myringotomy which is an incision in the eardrum to treat serous otitis media, with or without insertion of a ventilation tube. Done under local anesthesia in adults, general anesthesia in childre
Answered 12/10/2016
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