Ear Surgery. Get to the or on the double doc. It is done on an inpatient or day case basis and is successful 85 90 of the time 4.
Otoplasty helps in bringing the right shape of the ear without disrupting the internal processes. Sometimes the procedure is. Types of eardrum repair procedures myringoplasty.
The surgery takes to 1 hour if done through the ear canal and 1 and a half to two hours if an incision is needed.
Otoplasty techniques vary based on what kind of correction is needed. Rachel ruotolo md garden city ny emily pollard md bala cynwyd pa richard reish md facs new york ny landon pryor md facs rockford il. Ear surgery is commonly performed to treat conductive hearing loss persistent ear infections unhealed perforated eardrums congenital ear defects and tumors. A tympanoplasty is performed if the hole in your eardrum is large or if you have a chronic ear infection.
