Trends in otitis media surgery: A decrease in adenoidectomy

Implementation of neonatal screening for hearing impairment: Influence on pediatric otitis media surgery in The Netherlands

“…This peak incidence in treatment at this age has also been found in Finland and Norway by Haapkyla et al [8,9]. We analyzed the number of children treated surgically for OM aged 0-23 months per month as Engel did, to investigate whether the disappearance of the hearing screen at 9 months of age around 2004 would affect the rate of treatment.…”

“…Comparable results were found in a study assessing the number of surgical procedures for OM in Finland and Norway [9]. In these studies the decreasing numbers of adenoidectomy were explained by the change in national guidelines, in which there was less emphasis on the positive effect of adjuvant adenoidectomy in treatment of OM in young children.…”

Pediatric adenoid surgery in Sweden 2004–2013: Incidence, indications and concomitant surgical procedures

“…Finland and Belgium were reported to have M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT the highest incidence with 1290/100 000 children and 1270/100 000 children per year respectively while the lowest incidence was reported from Canada with 170/ 100 000 children. Bhattacharyya et al [15] reported US adenoidectomy rates of 176 / 100 000 children < 18 years in 2006, while Haapkylä et al [6] reported adenoidectomy incidence rates of 1330/ 100 000 children in Finland and 440/ 100 000 children in Norway in 2005 (children aged 0-7 years). Thus, compared to previously reported incidence rates while taking the different age spans, the different time periods and different study designs into account our findings suggest that Sweden would be placed in the midrange regarding adenoidectomy incidence rates.…”

“…Large variations in adenoidectomy surgical rates have been reported, both between countries and ages [4][5][6] but these studies are not easily compared due to their different designs. Nevertheless, several studies have uniformly reported higher incidence for boys than girls [5][6][7][8].…”

“…Nevertheless, several studies have uniformly reported higher incidence for boys than girls [5][6][7][8]. Regarding indications for adenoid surgery the picture in previously published studies is divergent.…”