[Current trends and opportunities of chronic suppurative otitis media surgical treatment]

Basing on his long-term experience in otiatria, the author believes that further improvement in surgical management of otitis media purulenta chronica lies in advancing microsurgical techniques and skill of the surgeons, design of operations more effectively preserving and improving hearing, better understanding of microsurgical anatomy of the middle ear, wide introduction of low-frequency ultrasound and low-energy laser.