Ear infections

The Skin, Allergy and Ear Clinic provides advanced care for any case of acute, chronic or refractory ear disease with resistant bacterial infection or middle ear infection as well as tumours and polyps in the ear.

We can perform specialised tasks such as a myringotomy or biopsy sampling of an underlying tumour or polyp in the external or middle ear using the video-otoendoscope.

If required we can evaluate the middle and external ear with imaging techniques such as a CT scan and we can perform hearing testing using our BAER machine on your dog or cat.

What is video oto-endoscopy?

Video otoscopy is performed using an oto-endoscope, camera, light source and monitor.

The otoscope is attached to a miniature video camera which allows a brightly illuminated and magnified view of the inside of the external ear canal and ear drum and also permits flushing of the middle ear if the dog has middle ear infection.

While the patient is anaesthetised the ears can be flushed, foreign objects, debris or parasites may be retrieved with grasping forceps, biopsies obtained with biopsy forceps and a myringotomy (obtaining a sample from the middle ear through the ear drum) performed.

With an attachable dual port adaptor, suction and saline may be used simultaneously to completely clean the ear. This equipment allows us to thoroughly assess and treat chronic and difficult ear infections.