Maxine S. Eikani

Department of Pediatrics, Mercer University School of Medicine (Medical Center of Central Georgia).

[ 1 ] - Effectiveness of adenoidectomy on tympanostomy tubes retention duration

 Abstract Background: The children with middle ear effusion need repeated re-tympanostomies. Adenoidectomy is an effective surgical intervention in the management of chronic otitis media with effusion in conjunction with in-sertion of tympanostomy tubes (TTs). To find out whether TTs in different positions decrease the rate of re-tympanostomies study was done. Methods: The present study retrosp...