Endoscopic Eardrum Repair in Istanbul
Endoscopic eardrum repair can be performed under local anesthesia or general anesthesia. Generally, in these procedures, which are not chronic inflammation in the middle ear and are intended to close simple ear-holes, the dead epithelial layer around the hole in the eardrum is removed following the injection of the local anesthetic drug. After seeing that the edge sides of the hole in the blood, the cartilage, cartilage mebrane, can be taken from tragal cartilage. After this process, "spongels" are placed in the form of a sponge that stops the blood on the membrane and liquefies spontaneously. The outer ear can be placed in a buffer for 1 week (it can not be placed in small holes).
Middle ear surgery is usually done using a surgical microscope. Smaller incisions performed under the guidance of the endoscopes are preferred over conventional large incisions. Using this approach, better results can be achieved and post-operative disease can be reduced. In addition, the results of grafts using the endoscopic approach are similar to those obtained with the microscopic approach. For this reason, endoscopic ear surgery applications are becoming more and more popular.
The use of endoscopes in ear surgeries enables surgery to be performed through the outer ear canal. Thus, when performing ear surgery, there is no need for any incisions visible from the outside, after the ear surgery, stitches, bandages or bandages are not required.
Because the microscopes' point of view is linear, it may not be possible to directly reach many hidden areas and pathologies that cause disease, which are difficult to reach.
What is the difference of endoscopic ear surgery from classical surgery?
In the ear surgeries, classical surgery was performed with microscopes. In the classical method, an incision is made in front of or behind the ear, depending on the type of surgery. In this, the hair of the patient around the ear must be shaved. After the operation, in order to close the incision sites by suturing and to avoid any problems in this region, large bandages should be made around the head to cover the ear. In ear surgeries performed with the endoscopic method, the operation is performed entirely by entering through the outer ear canal with endoscopes. Thus, there is no need to make an incision around the ears, shave the hair, stitch the skin and make a post-operative dressing.
Due to the wide and angled field of view of the endoscopes, it is possible to reach many deep and secluded areas that cannot be viewed under a microscope.
The use of endoscope in ear surgeries provides perfect visualization of anatomical structures and a clearer understanding of the disease in the middle ear, allowing direct access to the disease factor without damaging the intact tissues. Also, in ear surgery, endoscopes cause less tissue loss compared to microsurgery, allowing ear surgery to be performed more precisely.
Advantages of endoscopic ear surgery?
In addition to providing important advantages in terms of patient comfort, the endoscopic ear surgery method also provides great advantages in the technical application of the surgery. In endoscopic operations, the image of the surgical field is reflected on a large screen and the surgeon performs the operation with this image.
Thus, tissues are examined in more detail with a much larger imaging and diseased tissues and healthy tissues can be differentiated more easily. Another important advantage of endoscopes is that by using endoscopes at different angles, it is possible to easily reach hard-to-reach areas with a microscope. For example, it is possible to reach a disease located behind the ossicles without damaging the ossicles thanks to endoscopes. In endoscopic surgery, the operation time is shortened compared to classical surgery and the recovery time after surgery is also faster.
Endoscopic methods are most frequently used for repairing the holes in the eardrum, repairing the damage in the ear bones, repairing the calcification in the ear bones, and surgical cleaning of infections in the middle ear. In addition, the use of endoscopes in combination with microscopes provides many benefits to the surgeon in cholesteatoma surgeries and inner ear tumors. Endoscopic ear surgeries are becoming increasingly widespread all over the world and in our country due to the conveniences they provide.
Since there is no incision, the absence of any scar in the postoperative recovery period provides a serious cosmetic advantage. Thus, wound healing is faster and patients can regain their health in a much shorter time.
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Murat Enoz, MD, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgeon - ENT Doctor in Istanbul
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