A technique for defogging intra tympanic mirrors
| Autor: | Baskaran Ranganathan, Jayanth Dugar, Jaiganesh Manikavasagam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Suction (medicine)
Reoperation genetic structures Suction Otoscopes otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Surgical approach Cholesteatoma Middle Ear business.industry Tympanum (architecture) Air Tympan Cholesteatoma General Medicine Anatomy medicine.disease Operating table medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Middle ear Equipment Failure sense organs business Sinus tympani |
| Zdroj: | European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 266(10) |
| ISSN: | 1434-4726 |
| Popis: | The sinus tympani in the middle ear have been the focus of clinical interest because of its tendency to be invaded by a cholesteatoma. Due to its visual obscurity, and the lack of a straightforward surgical approach, it can be diYcult to address [1]. Most residual cholesteatoma present in the sinus tympani [2]. It can be visualised by intra tympanic mirrors, Oto-endoscopes, or with techniques like, removal of the lateral lip of bone and tilting the patient’s head and/or microscope. Removal of the disease from sinus tympani is also inXuenced by surgical approaches, which include the anterior to posterior and the retro facial approach [3]. While using the intra tympanic mirror to visualise the sinus tympani, the mirror tends to fogs up. To prevent this from occurring, anti-fogging solutions or warming up the mirror are techniques that are readily used. We describe the following simple method to prevent fogging. A microsuction tip could be kept intermittently 2–3 mm away from the mirror. The turbulence of the air Xow generated by the suction would prevent the fogging. Microsuction is readily available on the operating table (Fig. 1). References |
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