Pictures of Myringotomy and Insertion of PE Tube
This page was last updated: August 9, 2010
This photograph of a retracted left tympanic membrane shows air-fluid levels in the middle ear. The tympanic membrane is thin and the light reflex is still present. This patient has serous otitis media.
This picture shows a radial anterior myringotomy. The air-fluid meniscus is still present, prior to aspiration of the middle ear effusion. Thin amber serous fluid was evacuated from the middle ear.
A Pope tympanostomy tube (PE tube) is inserted through the myringotomy.
This patient's hearing immediately improved by about 35 dB.
Various PE tubes (pressure-equalizing tubes) on a penny to show relative size. Notice the metallic Reuter Bobbin is as small as the letter "o"
Otolaryngology Houston
Bechara Y. Ghorayeb, MD
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Houston, Texas 77055
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