A Patient with Chronic Otitis Media Is Diagnosed with a Cholesteatoma

question 28

Multiple Choice

A patient with chronic otitis media is diagnosed with a cholesteatoma. The nurse realizes that the treatment of choice for this patient will be which of the following?

• A)surgery
• B)nothing, it will resolve on its own
• C)antibiotics
• D)tympanostomy tubes

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