How we do it: technical note: endoscopic removal of cerumen

Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery
D D Pothier

Abstract

* 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.

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Oct 4, 2006·Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery·D D PothierS Gillett
Jul 27, 2007·Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery·D D Pothier, J A Meldrum
Dec 14, 2007·Clinical Otolaryngology : Official Journal of ENT-UK ; Official Journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery·D D Pothier, D Nieuwoudt

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