Chronic suppurative otitis media is a persistent middle ear infection marked by discharge and eardrum perforation. Complications range from facial paralysis to meningitis. Risk factors include age, ...

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgical procedure on a part of the temporal bone called the mastoid. Doctors typically recommend the procedure to treat conditions called mastoiditis and cholesteatoma.

Tympanoplasty, or eardrum repair, is a surgery typically performed on children to repair a defect in the part of the ear called the tympanic membrane. The surgeon places a graft inside the eardrum to ...