- •Dedication
- •Editors and Contributors
- •Foreword
- •Preface
- •Contents
- •PREPARING FOR THE SURGERY CLERKSHIP
- •SURGICAL NOTES
- •COMMON ABBREVIATIONS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- •RETRACTORS (YOU WILL GET TO KNOW THEM WELL!)
- •SUTURE MATERIALS
- •WOUND CLOSURE
- •KNOTS AND EARS
- •INSTRUMENT TIE
- •TWO-HAND TIE
- •COMMON PROCEDURES
- •NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NGT) PROCEDURES
- •CHEST TUBES
- •NASOGASTRIC TUBES (NGT)
- •FOLEY CATHETER
- •CENTRAL LINES
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •THIRD SPACING
- •COMMON IV REPLACEMENT FLUIDS (ALL VALUES ARE PER LITER)
- •CALCULATION OF MAINTENANCE FLUIDS
- •ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
- •ANTIBIOTICS
- •STEROIDS
- •HEPARIN
- •WARFARIN (COUMADIN®)
- •MISCELLANEOUS AGENTS
- •NARCOTICS
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •ATELECTASIS
- •POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
- •PULMONARY EMBOLISM
- •ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA
- •GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS
- •ENDOCRINE COMPLICATIONS
- •CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK
- •SEPTIC SHOCK
- •CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
- •NEUROGENIC SHOCK
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI)
- •CENTRAL LINE INFECTIONS
- •WOUND INFECTION (SURGICAL SITE INFECTION)
- •NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
- •CLOSTRIDIAL MYOSITIS
- •SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS
- •PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS
- •PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS
- •PAROTITIS
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •CHEST
- •ABDOMEN
- •MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •OVERVIEW
- •CHOLECYSTOKININ (CCK)
- •SECRETIN
- •GASTRIN
- •SOMATOSTATIN
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •GROIN HERNIAS
- •HERNIA REVIEW QUESTIONS
- •ESOPHAGEAL HIATAL HERNIAS
- •PRIMARY SURVEY
- •SECONDARY SURVEY
- •TRAUMA STUDIES
- •PENETRATING NECK INJURIES
- •MISCELLANEOUS TRAUMA FACTS
- •PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD)
- •DUODENAL ULCERS
- •GASTRIC ULCERS
- •PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER
- •TYPES OF SURGERIES
- •STRESS GASTRITIS
- •MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME
- •ESOPHAGEAL VARICEAL BLEEDING
- •BOERHAAVE’S SYNDROME
- •ANATOMY
- •GASTRIC PHYSIOLOGY
- •GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
- •GASTRIC CANCER
- •GIST
- •MALTOMA
- •GASTRIC VOLVULUS
- •SMALL BOWEL
- •APPENDICITIS
- •CLASSIC INTRAOPERATIVE QUESTIONS
- •APPENDICEAL TUMORS
- •SPECIFIC TYPES OF FISTULAS
- •ANATOMY
- •COLORECTAL CARCINOMA
- •COLONIC AND RECTAL POLYPS
- •POLYPOSIS SYNDROMES
- •DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON
- •ANATOMY
- •ANAL CANCER
- •ANATOMY
- •TUMORS OF THE LIVER
- •ABSCESSES OF THE LIVER
- •HEMOBILIA
- •ANATOMY
- •PHYSIOLOGY
- •PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- •DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
- •BILIARY SURGERY
- •OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
- •CHOLELITHIASIS
- •ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
- •ACUTE ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS
- •CHOLANGITIS
- •SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
- •GALLSTONE ILEUS
- •CARCINOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER
- •CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
- •MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS
- •PANCREATITIS
- •PANCREATIC ABSCESS
- •PANCREATIC NECROSIS
- •PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
- •PANCREATIC CARCINOMA
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •ANATOMY OF THE BREAST AND AXILLA
- •BREAST CANCER
- •DCIS
- •LCIS
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •MALE BREAST CANCER
- •BENIGN BREAST DISEASE
- •CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLODES
- •FIBROADENOMA
- •FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE
- •MASTITIS
- •BREAST ABSCESS
- •MALE GYNECOMASTIA
- •ADRENAL GLAND
- •ADDISON’S DISEASE
- •INSULINOMA
- •GLUCAGONOMA
- •SOMATOSTATINOMA
- •ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME (ZES)
- •MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA
- •THYROID DISEASE
- •ANATOMY
- •PHYSIOLOGY
- •HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (HPTH)
- •PARATHYROID CARCINOMA
- •SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS
- •LYMPHOMA
- •SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
- •BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
- •MISCELLANEOUS SKIN LESIONS
- •STAGING
- •INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) BASICS
- •INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FORMULAS AND TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- •SICU DRUGS
- •INTENSIVE CARE PHYSIOLOGY
- •HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
- •MECHANICAL VENTILATION
- •PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
- •LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS
- •ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
- •ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
- •MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA
- •MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT SYNDROME
- •CAROTID VASCULAR DISEASE
- •CLASSIC CEA INTRAOP QUESTIONS
- •SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME
- •RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS
- •SPLENIC ARTERY ANEURYSM
- •POPLITEAL ARTERY ANEURYSM
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •PEDIATRIC IV FLUIDS AND NUTRITION
- •PEDIATRIC BLOOD VOLUMES
- •FETAL CIRCULATION
- •ECMO
- •NECK
- •ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY (FB)
- •CHEST
- •PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION
- •ABDOMEN
- •INGUINAL HERNIA
- •UMBILICAL HERNIA
- •GERD
- •CONGENITAL PYLORIC STENOSIS
- •DUODENAL ATRESIA
- •MECONIUM ILEUS
- •MECONIUM PERITONITIS
- •MECONIUM PLUG SYNDROME
- •ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS
- •HIRSCHSPRUNG’S DISEASE
- •MALROTATION AND MIDGUT VOLVULUS
- •OMPHALOCELE
- •GASTROSCHISIS
- •POWER REVIEW OF OMPHALOCELE AND GASTROSCHISIS
- •APPENDICITIS
- •INTUSSUSCEPTION
- •MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM
- •NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
- •BILIARY TRACT
- •TUMORS
- •PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
- •OTHER PEDIATRIC SURGERY QUESTIONS
- •POWER REVIEW
- •WOUND HEALING
- •SKIN GRAFTS
- •FLAPS
- •SENSORY SUPPLY TO THE HAND
- •CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
- •ANATOMY
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES
- •ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX
- •FACIAL FRACTURES
- •ENT WARD QUESTIONS
- •RAPID-FIRE REVIEW OF MOST COMMON CAUSES OF ENT INFECTIONS
- •THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME (TOS)
- •CHEST WALL TUMORS
- •DISEASES OF THE PLEURA
- •DISEASES OF THE LUNGS
- •DISEASES OF THE MEDIASTINUM
- •DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
- •ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE
- •CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
- •CARDIAC TUMORS
- •DISEASES OF THE GREAT VESSELS
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •BASIC IMMUNOLOGY
- •CELLS
- •IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
- •OVERVIEW OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION MECHANISMS
- •MATCHING OF DONOR AND RECIPIENT
- •REJECTION
- •ORGAN PRESERVATION
- •KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
- •LIVER TRANSPLANT
- •PANCREAS TRANSPLANT
- •HEART TRANSPLANT
- •INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION
- •LUNG TRANSPLANT
- •TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS
- •ORTHOPAEDIC TERMS
- •TRAUMA GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- •FRACTURES
- •ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
- •DISLOCATIONS
- •THE KNEE
- •ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE
- •ROTATOR CUFF
- •MISCELLANEOUS
- •ORTHOPAEDIC INFECTIONS
- •ORTHOPAEDIC TUMORS
- •ARTHRITIS
- •PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
- •HEAD TRAUMA
- •SPINAL CORD TRAUMA
- •TUMORS
- •VASCULAR NEUROSURGERY
- •SPINE
- •PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
- •SCROTAL ANATOMY
- •UROLOGIC DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
- •RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (RCC)
- •BLADDER CANCER
- •PROSTATE CANCER
- •BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
- •TESTICULAR CANCER
- •TESTICULAR TORSION
- •EPIDIDYMITIS
- •PRIAPISM
- •ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
- •CALCULUS DISEASE
- •INCONTINENCE
- •URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI)
- •MISCELLANEOUS UROLOGY QUESTIONS
- •Rapid Fire Power Review
- •TOP 100 CLINICAL SURGICAL MICROVIGNETTES
- •Figure Credits
- •Index
584 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery |
|
What is Dupuytren’s |
Fibrosis of palmar fascia, causing |
contracture? |
contracture of and inability to extend digits |
What is Gamekeeper’s |
Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament of |
thumb? |
the thumb |
How should a subungual Release pressure by burning a hole in hematoma be treated? the nail (use hand-held disposable
battery-operated coagulation probe)
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
What is it? |
Compression of the median nerve in the |
|
carpal tunnel |
Carpal tunnel
7 0 ‘
F R H
What is the most common cause?
What are other causes?
What are the symptoms?
What are the signs?
What is Wartenberg’s sign?
What is the workup?
What is initial treatment?
What are indications for surgery?
What surgery is performed?
Chapter 69 / Hand Surgery 585
Synovitis
“MEDIAN TRAPS”: Median artery (persistent) Edema of pregnancy Diabetes
Idiopathic
Acromegaly
Neoplasm (e.g., ganglioneuroma)
Thyroid (myxedema)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Amyloid
Pneumatic drill usage
SLE
Pain and numbness in the median nerve distribution
Tinel’s sign (symptoms with percussion over median nerve), Phalen’s test (symptoms with flexion of wrists), thenar atrophy, Wartenberg’s sign
With hand resting on a surface, the fifth digit (“pinky”) rests in ABduction compared to the other 4 fingers
EMG, nerve conduction study
Nonoperative, rest, wrist splint, NSAIDs
Refractory symptoms, thenar atrophy, thenar weakness
Release transverse carpal ligament
586 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery
C h a p t e r 70
Otolaryngology:
Head and Neck
Surgery
Define: |
|
Anosmia |
Inability to smell |
Otorrhea |
Fluid discharge from ear |
Dysphagia |
Difficulty swallowing |
Odynophagia |
Painful swallowing |
Globus |
Sensation of a “lump in the throat” |
Otalgia |
Ear pain (often referred from throat) |
Trismus |
Difficulty opening mouth |
ANATOMY |
|
|
|
Define the cranial nerves: |
|
I |
Olfactory nerve |
II |
Optic nerve |
III |
Oculomotor nerve |
IV |
Trochlear nerve |
V |
Trigeminal nerve |
VI |
Abducens nerve |
VII |
Facial nerve |
VIII |
Vestibulocochlear nerve |
IX |
Glossopharyngeal nerve |
X |
Vagus nerve |
Chapter 70 / Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 587 |
|
XI |
Accessory nerve |
XII |
Hypoglossal nerve |
Define motor/sensory |
|
actions of the following |
|
cranial nerves: |
|
I |
Smell |
II |
Sight (sensory pupil reaction) |
III |
Eyeball movement, pupil sphincter, |
|
ciliary muscle (motor pupil reaction) |
IV |
Superior oblique muscle movement |
V |
Motor: chewing (masseter muscle) |
|
Sensory: face, teeth, sinuses, cornea |
VI |
Lateral rectus muscle (lateral gaze) |
VII |
Motor: facial muscles, lacrimal/ |
|
sublingual/submandibular glands |
|
Sensory: anterior tongue/soft palate, taste |
VIII |
Hearing, positioning |
IX |
Motor: stylopharyngeus, parotid, pharynx |
|
Sensory: posterior tongue, pharynx, |
|
middle ear |
X |
Motor: vocal cords, heart, bronchus, |
|
GI tract |
|
Sensory: bronchus, heart, GI tract, |
|
larynx, ear |
XI |
Motor: trapezius muscle, |
|
sternocleidomastoid muscle |
XII |
Motor: tongue, strap muscles (ansa |
|
cervicalis branch) |
What are the three divisions |
1. Ophthalmic |
of the trigeminal nerve |
2. Maxillary |
(cranial nerve V)? |
3. Mandibular |
588 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery
What happens when the hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII) is cut?
Name the duct of the submandibular gland.
Name the duct of the parotid gland.
What is the source of blood supply to the nose?
When the patient sticks out the tongue, it deviates to the same side as the injury (wheelbarrow effect)
Wharton’s duct
Stensen’s duct
1.Internal carotid artery: anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries via ophthalmic artery
2.External carotid artery: superior labial artery (via facial artery) and sphenopalatine artery (via internal maxillary artery)
Name the three bones that |
1. |
Ethmoid (perpendicular plate) |
|
make up the posterior nasal |
2. |
Vomer (Latin for “plow”) |
|
septum. |
3. |
Palatine (some also include maxillary |
|
|
|
crest) |
|
Name the seven bones of |
1. |
Frontal |
|
the bony eyeball orbit. |
2. |
Zygoma |
|
|
3. |
Maxillary |
|
|
4. |
Lacrimal |
|
|
5. |
Ethmoid |
|
|
6. |
Palatine |
|
|
7. |
Sphenoid |
|
Name the four strap muscles. |
“TOSS”: |
||
|
|
1. |
Thyrohyoid |
|
|
2. Omohyoid |
|
|
|
3. |
Sternothyroid |
|
|
4. |
Sternohyoid |
Which muscle crosses the |
Digastric muscle |
||
external and internal carotid |
|
|
|
arteries? |
|
|
|
In a neck incision, what is |
Platysma |
||
the first muscle incised? |
|
|
|
Which nerve supplies the |
Ansa cervicalis (XII) |
||
strap muscles? |
|
|
|
Chapter 70 / Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 589
What are the anterior and posterior neck triangles?
Two regions of the neck, divided by the sternocleidomastoid muscle
|
Posterior |
|
triangle |
|
Sternocleidomastoid |
|
muscle |
Which nerve runs with the |
Vagus |
carotid in the carotid sheath? |
|
Which nerve crosses the |
Hypoglossal nerve |
internal carotid artery at |
|
approximately 1 to 2 cm |
|
above the bifurcation? |
|
Anterior
triangle
Name the three auditory |
1. |
Malleus (hammer) |
ossicle bones. |
2. |
Incus (anvil) |
|
3. |
Stapes (stirrup) |
What comprises the middle |
Eustachian tube, ossicle bones, tympanic |
|
ear? |
membrane (“ear drum”), mastoid air cell |
|
What comprises the inner |
Cochlea, semicircular canals, internal |
|
ear? |
auditory canal |
|
EAR |
|
|
|
|
|
OTITIS EXTERNA (SWIMMER’S EAR) |
|
|
|
|
|
What is it? |
Generalized infection involving the |
|
|
external ear canal and often the tympanic |
|
|
membrane |
590 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery |
|
What is the usual cause? |
Prolonged water exposure and damaged |
|
squamous epithelium of the ear canal |
|
(e.g., swimming, hearing aid use) |
What are the typical |
Most frequently Pseudomonas, may be |
pathogens? |
Proteus, Staphylococcus, occasionally |
|
Escherichia coli, fungi (Aspergillus, |
|
Candida), or virus (herpes zoster or |
|
herpes simplex) |
What are the signs/ |
Ear pain (otalgia); swelling of external |
symptoms? |
ear, ear canal, or both; erythema; pain on |
|
manipulation of the auricle; debris in |
|
canal; otorrhea |
What is the treatment? |
Keep the ear dry; mild infections respond |
|
to cleaning and dilute acetic acid drops; |
|
most infections require complete removal |
|
of all debris and topical antibiotics with or |
|
without hydrocortisone (anti-inflammatory) |
MALIGNANT OTITIS EXTERNA (MOE) |
|
|
|
What is it? |
Fulminant bacterial otitis externa |
Is it malignant cancer? |
NO! |
Who is affected? |
Most common scenario: elderly patient |
|
with poorly controlled diabetes (other |
|
forms of immunosuppression do not |
|
appear to predispose patients to MOE) |
What are the causative |
Usually Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
organisms? |
|
What is the classic feature? |
Nub of granulation tissue on the floor |
|
of the external ear canal at the |
|
bony–cartilaginous junction |
What are the other signs/ symptoms?
Severe ear pain, excessive purulent discharge, and usually exposed bone
Chapter 70 / Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 591
What are the diagnostic |
1. CT scan: shows erosion of bone, |
tests? |
inflammation |
|
2. Technetium-99 scan: temporal bone |
|
inflammatory process |
|
3. Gallium-tagged white blood cell scan: |
|
to follow and document resolution |
What are the complications? |
Invasion of surrounding structures to |
|
produce a cellulitis, osteomyelitis of |
|
temporal bone, mastoiditis; later, a facial |
|
nerve palsy, meningitis, or brain abscess |
What is the treatment? |
Control of diabetes, meticulous local |
|
care with extensive debridement, |
|
hospitalization and IV antibiotics (anti- |
|
Pseudomonas: usually an aminoglycoside |
|
plus a penicillin) |
TUMORS OF THE EXTERNAL EAR
What are the most common types?
From what location do they usually arise?
What is the associated risk factor?
What is the treatment of the following conditions:
Cancers of the auricle?
Extension to the canal?
Middle ear involvement?
Squamous cell most common; occasionally, basal cell carcinoma or melanoma
Auricle, but occasionally from the external canal
Excessive sun exposure
Usually wedge excision
May require excision of the external ear canal or partial temporal bone excision
Best treated by en bloc temporal bone resection and lymph node dissection
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (TM) PERFORATION
What is the etiology? Usually the result of trauma (direct or indirect) or secondary to middle ear infection; often occurs secondary to slap to the side of the head (compression injury), explosions
592 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery |
|
What are the symptoms? |
Pain, bleeding from the ear, conductive |
|
hearing loss, tinnitus |
What are the signs? |
Clot in the meatus, visible tear in the TM |
What is the treatment? |
Keep dry; use systemic antibiotics if there |
|
is evidence of infection or contamination |
What is the prognosis? |
Most (90%) heal spontaneously, though |
|
larger perforations may require surgery |
|
(e.g., fat plug, temporalis fascia |
|
tympanoplasty) |
CHOLESTEATOMA |
|
|
|
What is it? |
Epidermal inclusion cyst of the middle |
|
ear or mastoid, containing desquamated |
|
keratin debris; may be acquired or |
|
congenital |
What are the causes? |
Negative middle ear pressure from |
|
eustachian tube dysfunction (primary |
|
acquired) or direct growth of epithelium |
|
through a TM perforation (secondary |
|
acquired) |
What other condition is it |
Chronic middle ear infection |
often associated with? |
|
What is the usual history? |
Chronic ear infection with chronic, |
|
malodorous drainage |
What is the appearance? |
Grayish-white, shiny keratinous mass |
|
behind or involving the TM; often |
|
described as a “pearly” lesion |
What are the associated |
Ossicular erosion, producing conductive |
problems? |
hearing loss; also, local invasion resulting in: |
|
Vertigo/sensorineural hearing loss |
|
Facial paresis/paralysis |
|
CNS dysfunction/infection |
What is the treatment? |
Surgery (tympanoplasty/mastoidectomy) |
|
aimed at eradication of disease and |
|
reconstruction of the ossicular chain |
Chapter 70 / Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 593
BULLOUS MYRINGITIS
What is it? |
Vesicular infection of the TM and |
|
adjacent deep canal |
What are the causative |
Unknown; viral should be suspected |
agents? |
because of frequent association with viral |
|
URI (in some instances, Mycoplasma |
|
pneumoniae has been cultured) |
What are the symptoms? |
Acute, severe ear pain; low-grade fever; |
|
and bloody drainage |
What are the findings on |
Large, reddish blebs on the TM, wall of |
otoscopic examination? |
the meatus, or both |
Is hearing affected? |
Rarely; occasional reversible sensorineural |
|
loss |
What is the treatment? |
Oral antibiotics (erythromycin if |
|
Mycoplasma is suspected); topical |
|
analgesics may be used, with resolution of |
|
symptoms usually occurring in 36 hours |
ACUTE SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA (OM) |
|
|
|
What is it? |
Bacterial infection of the middle ear, |
|
often following a viral URI; may be |
|
associated with a middle ear effusion |
What is the cause? |
Dysfunction of the eustachian tube that |
|
allows bacterial entry from nasopharynx; |
|
often associated with an occluded eustachian |
|
tube, although it is uncertain whether |
|
this is a cause or a result of the infection |
What are the predisposing |
Young age, male gender, bottle feeding, |
factors? |
crowded living conditions (e.g., day care), |
|
cleft palate, Down’s syndrome, cystic fibrosis |
What is the etiology? 1. Streptococcus pneumoniae (33% of cases)
2.Haemophilus influenzae
3.Moraxella catarrhalis
4.Staphylococcus
5.-hemolytic strep
6.Pseudomonas aeruginosa
7.Viral/no culture
594 Section III / Subspecialty Surgery
What is the etiology in infants younger than 6 months?
What are the symptoms?
1.Staphylococcus aureus
2.E. coli
3.Klebsiella
Otalgia, fever, decreased hearing, infant pulls on ear, increased irritability; as many as 25% of patients are asymptomatic
What are the signs? |
Early, redness of the TM; later, TM |
|
bulging with loss of the normal landmarks; |
|
finally, impaired TM mobility on pneumatic |
|
otoscopy |
If pain disappears instantly, |
TM perforation! |
what may have happened? |
|
What are the complications? |
TM perforation, acute mastoiditis, |
|
meningitis, brain abscess, extradural |
|
abscess, labyrinthitis; if recurrent or |
|
chronic, OM may have adverse effects on |
|
speech and cognitive development as a |
|
result of decreased hearing |
What is the treatment? |
10-day course of antibiotics; amoxicillin is |
|
the first-line agent; if the patient is allergic |
|
to PCN, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole |
|
or erythromycin should be administered |
What is the usual course? |
Symptoms usually resolve in 24 to 36 hours |
What are the indications for |
1. Persistent middle ear effusion over |
myringotomy and PE tube |
3 months |
placement? |
2. Debilitated or immunocompromised |
|
patient |
|
3. More than three episodes over |
|
6 months (especially if bilateral) |
What is a PE tube?
What is a Bezold’s abscess?
Pneumatic Equalization tube (tube placed across tympanic membrane)
Abscess behind the superior attachment of the sternocleidomastoid muscle resulting from extension of a mastoid infection
What are causes of chronic |
Mixed, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa |
otitis media? |
|