LoTempio, MDMedically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD Knowing how to drain fluid from your middle ear safely can help you avoid serious complications that sometimes occur with fluid buildup.

Myringotomy is a surgical procedure that creates a hole in your eardrum to allow fluid in the middle ear to drain out. A ...

About a million kids get ear tubes every year to help drain fluid and treat recurrent ear infections. A new way of performing the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug Administration a few ...