Laser Myringotomy versus Ventilation Tubes in Children with Otitis Media with Effusion: A Randomized Trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 844-849

  Koopman, Jan Pieter ^a,c   Reuchlin, A G ^a   Kummer, Eelco E ^a   Boumans, Leon J J M ^b   Rijntjes, Evert ^c   Hoeve, L J ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Blom, Henk M ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^c LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Laser myringotomy; Logistic regression model; Otitis media with effusion; Randomized trial; Ventilation tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MYRINGOTOMY; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2442565891     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200405000-00010     Document Type: Article

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