Background: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the most frequent indication for surgery in children. Some surgeons prefer to use adenoidectomy and myringotomy with tympanostomy tubes insertion to prevent the sequelae of the disease and also more improvement of hearing. The aim of this study is to compare adenoidectomy-myringotomy with adenoidectomy-myringotomy plus tympanostomy tube in the man...

The specific aims of this prospective survey were to determine the accuracy of traditional diagnostic tools, such as pneumatic otoscopy, otomicroscopy, and tympanometry, and evaluate the usefulness of myringotomy as a diagnostic method; also to determine the significance of myringotomy in treating otitis media with effusion (OME). The status of middle ear of 51 children (85 ears) from November ...

BACKGROUND Postoperative complications of myringotomy and tube placement often include otorrhea, tympanosclerosis, and tympanic membrane perforation. However, the incidence of sensorineural or conductive hearing loss has not been documented. Recent efforts to curb the use of preoperative audiometric testing requires documentation of this incidence. OBJECTIVE To define the incidence of conduct...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to re-evaluate the utility of CO(2) laser myringotomy in children with persistent acute otitis media (PAOM). METHODS From September 2002 to April 2008, 40 children with PAOM received CO(2) laser myringotomy. PAOM was defined as continuing symptoms and signs after systemic antibiotic treatment. Before laser myringotomy, the eardrums were checked under videotelescopy...

background: otitis media with effusion (ome) is the most frequent indication for surgery in children. some surgeons prefer to use adenoidectomy and myringotomy with tympanostomy tubes insertion to prevent the sequelae of the disease and also more improvement of hearing. the aim of this study is to compare adenoidectomy-myringotomy with adenoidectomy-myringotomy plus tympanostomy tube in the man...

Aim: To compare the outcome of myringotomy with/ without ventilation tubes in children of glue ear. Methods: Both ears (100) from fifty (50) children fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected from the OPD and ward. Cases were diagnosed on the basis of history, physical examination and investigations (pure tone audiometery, tympanometery). After informed consent twenty five patients were a...

OBJECTIVES To use a human reliability assessment tool to identify commonly occurring errors during myringotomy and ventilation tube (VT) insertion and to quantify the likelihood of error occurrence. METHODS Error-free task analysis for myringotomy and VT insertion was defined at the outset. Fifty-five consecutive myringotomy and VT insertion procedures were videotaped. The operator was either...

OBJECTIVES: There has been a renewed interest in myringotomy in recent years due to the limited results of antibiotic treatment and undesirable e ffects of ventilating tubes. The purpose of this study was to compare the duration of patency and closure rate between laser-assisted myringotomy (LAM) and incisional myringotomy (IM) applications in infants with acute otitis media (AOM). PATIENTS AND...