A Comparison of Outcomes following Tympanostomy Tube Placement or Conservative measures for Management of Otitis Media with Effusion
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A comparison of outcomes following tympanostomy tube placement or conservative measures for management of otitis media with effusion.
We obtained the charts of 183 patients (197 ears) who had undergone surgery for chronic otitis media (COM), and we reviewed their otic histories to analyze the series of events that ultimately culminated in surgery. All ears had originally been treated for otitis media with effusion (OME); 125 ears had been treated with tympanostomy tube placement, and 72 ears had been treated with conservative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0145-5613,1942-7522
DOI: 10.1177/014556130708600909