Surgery is warranted in cases of chronic ear diseases that are unresponsive to topical and/or systemic medical therapy. The age, general physical condition, fitness for general anesthesia, and comorbidities in the patient must be taken into account while planning surgery. The various surgeries performed for chronic unsafe ear diseases comprise myringoplasty, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, and adenoidectomy.
## Indications and contraindications ## The general indications for surgery include persistent perforation, otorrhea persisting beyond 6 weeks despite pharmacotherapy, cholesteatoma formation, radiographic evidence of chronic mastoiditis, and conductive hearing loss. There are certain contraindications to surgery, such as the ear to be operated on being the only hearing ear, patients with unilateral vestibular ablation, and severely medically compromised patients.## To gain…
