Any operations on the ear in medicine are divided into planned and urgent. The patient can prepare in advance for surgical interventions of the first type. In addition, he himself can act as an initiator - for example, if a person needs plastic surgery on his ears. The price will depend on a number of factors - the complexity of the case, the price of a particular clinic, and the recovery process. Doctors refer to serious indications such serious diseases as complicated processes of the middle and inner ear - they can provoke the development of septic conditions, all kinds of complications from the brain and thrombosis.
Patient preparation
Of course, ear surgery is not performed immediately after the patient’s visit to the specialist. After the otolaryngologist writes out a referral for hospitalization, the patient undergoes many examinations: a general blood test, biochemistry, determination of the Rh factor, ECG, MRI, x-ray of the mastoid processes, a general examination of the state of hearing and, finally, examination by a therapist and a neurologist. As for the planned indications, in this case the person is examined on an outpatient or inpatient basis; only then can we talk about ear surgery.
Surgical intervention
Almost all surgical interventions on the middle and inner ear are performed under general endotracheal anesthesia. On the day of surgery, the patient undergoes premedication, after which he is delivered to the operating room in a gurney. It should be noted that on the eve of it, if necessary, they cut and shave their hair in the area of the posterior folds. Since one of the symptoms of labyrinthitis is a constant urge to vomit, such a patient has to refuse food in the evening and morning before the intervention (so that no complications arise during surgery on the ear). If the doctor will deal exclusively with the outer ear, it is allowed to do the surgeries under local anesthesia.
Management of the patient after surgery
Postoperative treatment depends mainly on the type of intervention: all operations on the middle ear (anthrotomy, anthromastoidotomy) are characterized by an open wound that plugs in and then closes with a sterile bandage bandage. As a rule, by the evening the patient begins to feel much better: the temperature drops, the pain disappears. The next day, the first dressing; while draining tampons are replaced with new ones, the postoperative cavity is washed and disinfected with antiseptic drugs. The following dressings are made every few days and stop only after the cavity is completely filled with granulating tissues. If suppuration ceases and the perforation closes, secondary sutures are not superimposed. In most cases, the eardrum is restored, hearing is normal. Purulent otitis media with a closed wound requires a general cavity sanitation operation, while only the outer dressing should be changed, and the seams should be treated with iodine. Full dressing is carried out only after a week. All this time, the patient is administered analgesic and antipyretic drugs.