中耳血（鼓膜）的鼓膜切开术和吸血清除

                               
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This procedure was performed to facilitate removal of blood filling the middle ear following a skull base fracture involving the the temporal bone.  Patient complaints of having reduced hearing, blocked ear sensation, and headache.  A small linear cut (myringotomy) was done followed by suction clearance of the trapped blood beyond the eardrum.  The myringotomy cut heals spontaneously over time as evidenced by repeat ear endoscopy 3 weeks later.  Blood was not seen in the nasopharynx implicating a non-draining haemotympanum.  The other ear was found to be normal.