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Parents often report that children talk better, hear better, are less irritable, sleep better, and behave better after myringotomy with the insertion of ear tubes.

Ear tubes can be inserted into the incision during a myringotomy and left there.

Carbon dioxide lasers may also be used to perform the myringotomy.

If the effusion lasts for four to six months, myringotomy with insertion of ear tubes may be recommended.

Most primary care physicians prefer to refer children who need a myringotomy and tube placement to an otolaryngologist.

Ear tubes, or tympanostomy tubes, are small tubes open at both ends that are inserted into the incisions in the eardrums during a myringotomy.

A tympanostomy tube is small tube made of metal or plastic that is inserted during myringotomy to ventilate the middle ear.

Synonyms:

operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, surgical operation,

Antonyms:

major surgery, minor surgery, asynchronous operation, serial operation, synchronous operation,