Surgery for otitis media among Indigenous Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2009, Pages

  O'Leary, Stephen J ^a   Triolo, Ross D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOPLASTY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 77950346146     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02930.x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Leach AJ, Morris PS, Mathews JD; Chronic Otitis Media Intervention Trial One (COMIT1) Group. Compared with placebo, long-term antibiotics resolve otitis media with effusion (OME) and prevent acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) in a high-risk population: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr 2008; 8: 23.
2. Mackenzie GA, Carapetis JR, Leach AJ, Morris PS. Pneumococcal vaccination and otitis media in Australian Aboriginal infants: comparison of two birth cohorts before and after introduction of vaccination. BMC Pediatr 2009; 9: 14.
3. Morris PS, Leach AJ, Silberberg P, et al. Otitis media in young Aboriginal children from remote communities in northern and central Australia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Pediatr 2005; 5: 27.
4. Zubrick SR, Lawrence DM, Silburn SR, et al. The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey. Volume 1: the health of Aboriginal children and young people. Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 2004. http://www.ichr.uwa.edu.au/waachs/publications/volume_one (accessed Sep 2009).
5. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: preliminary results from the Child Health Check and follow-up data collections. Canberra: AIHW, 2008. http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/ihw/pnterchci/pnterchci.pdf (accessed Sep 2009).
6. World Health Organization/Ciba Foundation. Prevention of hearing impairment from otitis media. WHO/Ciba Foundation Workshop; 1996 Nov 19-21; CIBA Foundation, London. http://www.who.int/pbd/deafness/en/chronic_otitis_media.pdf (accessed Sep 2009).
7. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report: detailed analyses. Canberra: AIHW, 2009. http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10664 (accessed Sep 2009).
8. Aithal S, Yonovitz A, Aithal V. Perceptual consequences of conductive hearing loss: speech perception in indigenous students learning English as a "school" language. Aust N Z J Audiol 2008; 30: 1-18.
9. Nienhuys T, Westwater A, Dillon H, McConnel F. Developmental and educational effects of conductive hearing loss among Australian aboriginal children and implications for educational management. Arctic Med Res 1991; Suppl: 642-645.
10. Thorne JA. Middle ear problems in Aboriginal school children cause developmental and educational concerns. Contemp Nurse 2003; 16: 145-150.
11. Bidadi S, Nejadkazem M, Naderpour M. The relationship between chronic otitis media-induced hearing loss and the acquisition of social skills. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 139: 665-670.
12. American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; American Academy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Otitis Media With Effusion. Otitis media with effusion. Pediatrics 2004; 113: 1412-1429.
13. Chow Y, Wabnitz DA, Ling J. Quality of life outcomes after ventilating tube insertion for otitis media in an Australian population. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2007; 71: 1543-1547.
14. Mui S, Rasgon BM, Hilsinger RL Jr, et al. Tympanostomy tubes for otitis media: quality-of-life improvement for children and parents. Ear Nose Throat J 2005; 84: 418, 420-422, 424.
15. Richards M, Giannoni C. Quality-of-life outcomes after surgical intervention for otitis media. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002; 128: 776-782.
16. Gates GA. Otitis media - the pharyngeal connection. JAMA 1999; 282: 987-989.
17. Bluestone CD, Cantekin EI, Beery QC. Certain effects of adenoidectomy of eustachian tube ventilatory function. Laryngoscope 1975; 85: 113-127.
18. Watson K, Carville K, Bowman J, et al. Upper respiratory tract bacterial carriage in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a semi-arid area of Western Australia. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006; 25: 782-790.
19. Smith-Vaughan H, Byun R, Nadkarni M, et al. Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media. BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord 2006; 6: 10.
20. Gates GA, Avery CA, Prihoda TJ, et al. Effectiveness of adenoidectomy and tympanostomy tubes in the treatment of chronic otitis media with effusion. N Engl J Med 1987; 317: 1444-1451.
21. Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Rogers KD, et al. Efficacy of adenoidectomy for recurrent otitis media in children previously treated with tympanostomy-tube placement. Results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized trials. JAMA 1990; 263: 2066-2073.
22. Coyte PC, Croxford R, McIsaac W, et al. The role of adjuvant adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy in the outcome of the insertion of tympanostomy tubes. N Engl J Med 2001; 344: 1188-1195.
23. Jassar P, Sibtain A, Marco D, et al. Infection rates after tympanostomy tube insertion, comparing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, Australia: a retrospective, comparative study. J Laryngol Otol 2008; 123: 497-501.
24. Yung M, Neumann C, Vowler SL. A longitudinal study on pediatric myringoplasty. Otol Neurotol 2007; 28: 353-355.
25. Kay DJ, Nelson M, Rosenfeld RM. Meta-analysis of tympanostomy tube sequelae. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001; 124: 374-380.
26. Holzman RS. Morbidity and mortality in pediatric anesthesia. Pediatr Clin North Am 1994; 41: 239-256.
27. Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Colborn DK, et al. Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy for recurrent acute otitis media: parallel randomized clinical trials in children not previously treated with tympanostomy tubes. JAMA 1999; 282: 945-953.
28. Lehmann D, Tennant MT, Silva DT, et al. Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study. BMJ 2003; 327: 415-419.
29. Ahmad N, Etheridge C, Farrington M, et al. Prospective study of the microbiological flora of hearing aid moulds and the efficacy of current cleaning techniques. J Laryngol Otol 2007; 121: 110-113.
30. Alvord LS, Doxey GP, Smith DM. Hearing aids worn with tympanic membrane perforation: complications and solutions. Am J Otol 1989; 10: 277-280.
31. Strange A, Johnson A, Ryan BJ, Yonovitz A. The stigma of wearing hearing aids in an adolescent Aboriginal population. Aust N Z J Audiol 2008; 30: 19-37.
32. Nienhuys T, Boswell J, Vercoe G. Hearing benefits from tympanoplasty in four Aboriginal adolescents. Aust J Otolaryngol 1996; 2: 267-271.
33. Guerin N, McDonnel F. Myringoplasty: a post-operative survey of 90 Aboriginal patients. Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) 1988; 109: 123-127.
34. MacKendrick A. Ear surgery in Australian Aboriginal children - is it indicated and when is the best time? Aust J Otolaryngol 1999; 3: 240-242.
35. Foreman AW, Vercoes G, Aithal V. The Aboriginal ear health program (1995-1997) in the Northern Territory: myringoplasties. Aust J Otolaryngol 1999; 3: 253-239.
36. Mak D, MacKendrick A, Weeks S, et al. Middle-ear disease in remote Aboriginal Australia: a field assessment of surgical outcomes. J Laryngol Otol 2000; 114: 26-32.
37. Mak DB, MacKendrick A, Bulsara MK, et al. Long-term outcomes of middle-ear surgery in Aboriginal children [letter]. Med J Aust 2003; 179: 324-325.
38. Lin AC, Messner AH. Pediatric tympanoplasty: factors affecting success. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 16: 64-68.
39. Sckolnick JS, Mantle B, Li J, et al. Pediatric myringoplasty: factors that affect success - a retrospective study. Laryngoscope 2008; 118: 723-729.
40. Uyar Y, Keles B, Koc S, et al. Tympanoplasty in pediatric patients. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2006; 70: 1805-1809.
41. Mak D, MacKendrick A, Bulsara M, et al. Outcomes of myringoplasty in Australian Aboriginal children and factors associated with success: a prospective case series. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 2004; 29: 606-611.