Goode R L, Schulz W
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1982 Nov-Dec;90(6):764-6. doi: 10.1177/019459988209000615.
A new heat myringotomy device is described that produces a 2-mm myringotomy which remains open three to four weeks without the need for a ventilation tube. The device can be used in the office in young children under iontophoretic anesthesia and may eliminate the need for tube insertion in 50% of chronic serous otitis media cases.