[Improving the methods of diagnosis and treatment of otitis media with effusion]

The study involved 172 patients with otitis media with effusion. All patients as a method of early diagnosis of otitis media with effusion conducted multislice computer tomography (MSCT). This made it possible to check the effectiveness of conservative treatment and timely perform surgical treatment, including sanitizing intervention on the middle ear with the erased clinical picture of acute mastoiditis, and to avoid complications. With the help of MSCT of the temporal bones with the dynamic observation of patients with high accuracy, you can confirm the full restoration of pneumatization of the middle ear cavities or identify possible recurrences of exudate accumulation. Patients who underwent surgery were randomly divided into 2 groups, depending on the duration of the laser myringotomy: on the 3^rd day of hospital treatment (first group) or on the 7^th day of hospital treatment (second group). Absence of otorrhea from the tympanic cavity and return of hearing in patients of the first group was significantly in a shorter period (p<0.05). CO₂-laser myringotomy for patients with otitis media with effusion without positive dynamic by conservative therapy is most effectively in the early stages of the disease.