Otic flushing

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2004 Mar;34(2):557-65. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2003.10.010.

Abstract

Otic flushing has the potential to help a number of patients with ear disease. Because the diagnostic and therapeutic benefits of this procedure exceed its risks, veterinarians should offer otic flushing for patients with poorly responsive or chronic otitis externa.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / therapy*
  • Cats
  • Dog Diseases / therapy*
  • Dogs
  • Ear Diseases / therapy
  • Ear Diseases / veterinary*
  • Otoscopy / veterinary
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / adverse effects
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / standards
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / veterinary
  • Tympanic Membrane / surgery