The incidence of acute otitis media and its response to treatment only with nose drops and analgesics (but without antibiotics or myringotomy) were assessed over three months by 45 doctors in and around Tilburg. In addition, over 17 months 60 general practitioners assessed the effects of this limited treatment in children aged 2 to 12 years and referred all those in whom the condition took an u...

BACKGROUND Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a leading cause of hearing difficulty in children. OME must be detected early and managed properly to prevent hearing and speech impairment in children. This study was aimed to compare results of medical and surgical treatments in terms of hearing improvement, recurrence of Middle Ear Effusion (MEE), time to offer surgical intervention. METHODS T...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The near universality of otitis media with effusion (OME) in children makes a comparative review of treatment modalities important. This study's objective was to compare the effectiveness of surgical strategies currently used for managing OME. METHODS We identified 3 recent systematic reviews and searched 4 major electronic databases. Eligible studies included randomi...

BACKGROUND To describe the clinical features of intratemporal complications of acute otitis media (AOM) in children, a retrospective study was carried out for two years. METHODS We considered acute mastoiditis, presence of postauricular swelling, erythema and tenderness and anteroinferior displacement of the auricle; labyrinthitis, presence of vestibular symptoms (spontaneous nystagmus and at...

Introduction. Among intratemporal complications of acute otitis media, acute mastoiditis (Am) is the most common one. the diagnosis is based mainly on the clinical features, though radiological imaging can be helpful in more serious cases. the management consist of conservative and surgical treatment. Material and methods. the retrospective analysis of patients with acute mastoiditis hospitaliz...

might appear, at first glance, to be revival of an old topic, since much has been written in the past and very little in recent years. Despite that the advent of antibiotics has reduced indications for its routine use, myringotomy persists as a frequent intervention in children.1 A consensus on its being of interest in treatment of non-complicated AOM has not yet been reached it has defenders2,...

The incidences of extracranial and intracranial complications of acute otitis media (AOM) in children have markedly decreased in the postantibiotic era. Zygomatic abscesses are the rarest type of abscesses originating from mastoiditis. This paper presents a case with a zygomatic abscess as a complication of acute coalescent mastoiditis in a 7-year-old girl who underwent cortical mastoidectomy a...