The Chronically Draining Ear - Why Management Fails (AMW) Session
2021 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
Attendees will gain a better understanding of basic mechanisms and treatment options relevant to chronic ear disease to better plan treatment and avoid treatment failures. We will review key basic mechanisms underlying chronic otitis media with particular emphasis on underlying disease pathophysiology and histology, middle ear acoustic mechanisms relevant to diseased and reconstructed ears and emerging concepts of microbiology and ototopical therapies.
Description
Learning Objective: 1. Understand bacterial biofilm persister cells and ototopical and surgical strategies to treat these. 2. Explain mechanisms leading to the chronically draining ear. 3. Learn treatment algorithms for managing challenging chronic ears. Faculty: Wade Chien, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Peter Santa Maria, MBBS(Nothing to Disclose), Adam Kaufman, MD, PhD(Nothing to Disclose), Michael Gluth, MD(Royalty: Advanced Bionics Corporation).