2005
A 14-Year Prospective Follow-up Study of Children Treated Early in Life With Tympanostomy Tubes: Part 2: Hearing Outcomes
Abstract: To determine hearing outcomes in young children receiving early and repeated tympanostomy tube insertion for recurrent acute otitis media or otitis media with effusion.
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“…The more frequent and extensive pathology found after tube treatment does not affect the overall hearing level in a clinically significant manner, which is the main clinical implication of this report. This conclusion is in keeping with previous reports on shorter observation periods (17,29), although questioned by some authors (18,30).…”
Section: Hearing Acuitysupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The more frequent and extensive pathology found after tube treatment does not affect the overall hearing level in a clinically significant manner, which is the main clinical implication of this report. This conclusion is in keeping with previous reports on shorter observation periods (17,29), although questioned by some authors (18,30).…”
Section: Hearing Acuitysupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Atrophy, but not retraction or atelectasis, was seen after 5 and 10 years 85 . Impaired hearing was associated with atrophy, retraction, or perforation of TM 79 – 82 . Retraction of pars flaccida after SOM was as common with as without VT. Cholesteatoma was very uncommon.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Another limitation is that the study is not designed to uncover long-term complications after VTs which occurs later than two years after surgery. However, this is done in other studies, although not by means of different postoperative care (28).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
