Is healing complete once the otitis media surgery is over? Many patients have this idea that they are completely healed after the surgery when the stitches are removed, but this is not the case. Let me talk about some of the specifics after surgery. Depending on the condition of the otitis media, there are different surgical procedures to choose from, and the healing time after surgery is different. The following is an analysis of the two main types of post-operative tympanoplasty conditions. One type is the general open tympanoplasty. Since the surgery involves contouring and removing the mastoid process, the surgical cavity is connected to the external ear canal, and there will be intermittent discharge for 2 to 4 months after surgery. The dry ear will stop flowing after the surface of the mastoid cavity is dermatomized. If the contouring of the mastoid process is not complete and the granulation lesions in the mastoid cavity are not completely cleared, it is not certain whether the dry ear can be eventually removed. It is normal for a few patients to have some ear pain and bleeding discharge from the ear canal at the beginning of the postoperative period, which is related to the large open surgical cavity and the formation of the auricular cavity, and will disappear within a few weeks as long as there is no swelling of the auricle. In addition, a new type of tympanoplasty with the wall intact is now available. Since the mastoid cavity is also connected to the external ear canal, the healing time is similar to that of the open tympanoplasty mentioned above. Another type of intact tympanoplasty, which preserves the posterior wall of the external ear canal, has a very short healing time due to the fact that the surgical cavity is not the same as the external ear canal, and the secretions from the surgical cavity are eliminated through the eustachian tube, so the ear canal exudates in a short period of time. During the follow-up visit, the surgeon will have to clean up any secretions, scabs, gelatin sponges that have not melted away, individual overgrown epithelial buds, and observe the growth of the tympanic membrane, etc. If these conditions are not dealt with in a timely manner, the healing time will sometimes be delayed. Patients are advised to follow up with your surgeon once a month until the ear is dry. The current dry ear rate for this surgery is around 95-98%, and about 2-5% of patients have the possibility of re-infection. So to speak, surgery only solves 4/5 of the work of this disease, the remaining 1/5 of the work is the follow-up, which shows the status of follow-up in the treatment of this disease! I wish all patients who have had surgery for otitis media a speedy recovery and some worries relieved after seeing this scientific article!