Ear tube surgery, or tympanostomy surgery, aims to reduce chronic fluid buildup behind the eardrums. This can reduce the frequency of middle ear infections. It may also improve hearing. Ear tube ...

Oct. 7 -- TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Early diagnosis and treatment of ear infections can help avoid life-threatening complications for organ-transplant patients, a new study finds.

If your child has frequent ear infections, your child's doctor may recommend ear tube surgery. It's the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia. More than half a million children in ...

Chronic otitis media (chronic ear infection) occurs when fluid behind your eardrum becomes infected and does not go away with antibiotics. Unlike swimmer’s ear that affects the external ear canal, a ...

Irvine-based Advanced Sterilization Products is growing again amid a push by hospitals and surgery centers to prevent infections. ASP makes devices and solutions that are used to clean and sterilize ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).