Healthcare Professionals
Bioresorbable Ear Packing and Patching Products
for Middle Ear Surgery and Other Otologic Procedures
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Healthcare Professionals
for Middle Ear Surgery and Other Otologic Procedures
View surgical techniques for tympanoplasty, ossicular reconstruction, and other procedures using MeroGel Ear Packing, EpiDisc Otologic Lamina, and the Roberson Stapes Prosthesis.
Surgeons use EpiDisc® Otologic Lamina and MeroGel® Bioresorbable Ear Packing in the Krueger “HAT” Tympanoplasty surgical technique.
When performing a myringoplasty or tympanoplasty, EpiDisc lamina and MeroGel packing help to:
MeroGel® bioresorbable ear packing is used to separate mucosal surfaces and help minimize adhesion formation following a variety of otologic procedures.
This ear packing is made from esterified hyaluronic acid or HYAFF®, which helps keep the surgical site moist and aids wound healing.1-4
Small pieces of MeroGel ear packing are pulled away, rolled into spheres, hydrated with a sterile solution, and placed in the middle ear cavity.
The biomaterial doesn’t swell and excess fluid may be suctioned out of the packing.
After hydration, MeroGel ear packing typically dissolves in approximately six weeks.
In the external ear canal, MeroGel ear packing will dissolve in approximately two weeks, if kept hydrated.
HYAFF® is a registered trademark of Anika Therapeutics SRL.
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