When and how are balloons used to address post-tympanoplasty complications in patients?

Dr. Ashley Agan and Dr. Dennis Poe discuss the use of balloons to address post-tympanoplasty complications, such as fluid behind a cartilage graft or retraction, in patients without recurrent cholesteatoma. They cover the benefits and considerations of using a balloon over a tube, best practices during surgery, and the differences in procedure settings between children and adults.
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Sir, I have recurrent CSOM with TM perforation for many years, I also have a sclerosed mastoid. I want to get surgery done but none of my doctors ever give me any satisfying answers regarding my doubts and they just dismiss me and keep asking me to have the surgery done from them immediately. I ask them about complications and what might happen after the surgery regarding hearing and side effects and they mock me and call me stupid. Sir I want to know what will be done during the surgery since I also have a sclerosed mastoid. Will I also need a mastoid surgery or some kind of intervention for that along with eardrum repair? I am scared because when I ask my doctor he never gives me an answer to this. He tells me they will repair the TM and then "we will see". Sir I don't know what this means. Will they do the mastoid surgery also along with TM? Is this a normal way of managing this kind of cases?