The patient is 3 weeks postoperative and has come in for a routine postoperative check-up. The patient reports that for the past week he has been experiencing sharp, shooting pains on an intermittent basis in the operative area
From the patient's description of what has been happening, the nurse knows that the patient had what surgery?
A) Cochlear implant
B) Mastoidectomy
C) Removal of an acoustic tumor
D) Ossiculoplasty
Ans: B
Feedback: After a mastoidectomy, for the next 2 to 3 weeks after surgery, the patient may experience sharp, shooting pains intermittently as the eustachian tube opens and allows air to enter the middle ear. Three types of implanted hearing devices are commercially available or in the investigational stage: the cochlear implant, the bone conduction device, and the semi-implantable hearing device. Surgical removal of acoustic tumors is the treatment of choice because these tumors do not respond well to radiation or chemotherapy. Ossiculoplasty is the surgical reconstruction of the middle ear bones to restore hearing.
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