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- Title
How we do it: Technical note: endoscopic removal of cerumen.
- Authors
Pothier, D. D.
- Abstract
Keypoints • Syringing of ears to remove cerumen is losing favour in primary care owing to the fact that it is carried out ‘blind’ and that the potential exists for serious complications. • Dewaxing under direct vision is difficult without a microscope. • A technique is described where wax is removed under direct vision using a rigid endoscope in conjunction with a Jobson–Horne probe and St Bartholomew's wax hook. • This is a relatively inexpensive technique that could be introduced to primary care practitioners or to ENT surgeons who do not have easy access to an operating microscope in the outpatient department.
- Subjects
EARWAX; EAR secretions; ENDOSCOPY; PRIMARY care; OUTPATIENT medical care; OTOLARYNGOLOGY
- Publication
Clinical Otolaryngology, 2006, Vol 31, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
1749-4478
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01153.x