The definitive treatment for mastoid otitis?

Question
Hello doctor,
I have mastoid otitis and have had surgery 2 times but still have pus discharge. Ask your doctor for a definitive treatment for mastoid otitis? Thank you.
Nguyen Chi Hung ( 1998 )
Reply
Answered by Specialist Doctor I Le Van Quang - Otolaryngologist - General Surgery Department - Vinmec Nha Trang International General Hospital
Hello,
With To the question "How to definitively treat mastoid otitis?", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Cases of mastoid otitis media like you are usually complicated. You should re-examine directly at the ear - nose - throat specialist to find out the reason for the discharge and have the appropriate treatment.
Methods of mastoid surgery
Simple mastectomy
Purpose: Drain the mastoid pus by opening the mastoid cavern and the mastoid sinuses and ensuring curettage of all lesions. Indications: acute mastoiditis, subacute mastoiditis, mastoid otitis in children unresponsive to medical treatment. Partial mastoidectomy
Purpose: To open the mastoid cavity, the mastoid sinus in the upper middle ear, the cavernous canal, for direct examination Indications: the beginning of a surgery to patch the ear membrane following surgery. In partial mastoidectomy, cholesteatoma has spread from the upper middle ear to the mastoid cavity. Total mastoidectomy
Purpose: Leveling the mastoid cavern, the upper mastoid sinus of the middle ear, the cavernous canal, removing the hammer bone, the incus, effective to solve the chronic suppurative inflammation of the upper middle ear, Purulent mastoiditis above the middle ear with inflammation of the ossicles. Indications: Chronic mastoiditis with extensive and extensive lesions. Types of mastoiditis surgery in some clinical forms
If you still have questions about the definitive treatment for mastoid otitis, you can go to a hospital under Vinmec Health System for examination and treatment. Please advise more. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
Best regards!