INTRODUCTION Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) has been utilized for many years for a multitude of disease entities. One commonly encountered side-effect is otic barotrauma. OBJECTIVE To determine if patients with specific disease processes are at increased risk of requiring tympanostomy tubes during HBO2. METHODS Data was obtained from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2004, retrospectively. The requiremen...

BACKGROUND Otitis media is the most common medical problem in young children. The usual surgical treatment is myringotomy with insertion of tympanostomy tubes. There is debate about the usefulness of concomitant adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy. We examined the effects of these adjuvant procedures on the rates of reinsertion of tympanostomy tubes and rehospitalization for conditions related ...

UNLABELLED Tympanostomy tube (TT) insertion is one of the most frequently performed procedures in otolaryngology. Otorrhea, tympanosclerosis, retraction, perforation, and cholesteatoma are complications reported in the literature after its application. AIM To determine the incidence and the type of TT insertion sequelae/complications in children presenting with recurrent otitis media and chro...

BACKGROUND Acute otorrhea is a common problem in children with tympanostomy tubes. We recently demonstrated that treatment with antibiotic-glucocorticoid eardrops is clinically superior to oral antibiotics and initial observation. The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of these three common treatment strategies for this condition. METHODS We performed an open-label pragmat...

BACKGROUND Recent guidance for the management of acute otorrhea in children with tympanostomy tubes is based on limited evidence from trials comparing oral antibiotic agents with topical antibiotics. METHODS In this open-label, pragmatic trial, we randomly assigned 230 children, 1 to 10 years of age, who had acute tympanostomy-tube otorrhea to receive hydrocortisone-bacitracin-colistin eardro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate parental recall of surgical risks and benefits in pediatric otolaryngology and to assess for factors that may influence recall. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Academic pediatric otolaryngology clinic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Eighty-four parents of children <6 years of age who underwent consultation for adeno/tonsillectomy and/or tympanostomy tube inserti...