Ventilation tube treatment: A systematic review of the literature

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-395

  Hellström, Sten ^a   Groth, Anita ^b   Jörgensen, Finn ^c   Pettersson, Agneta ^d   Ryding, Marie ^e   Uhlén, Inger ^a   Boström, Kristina Bengtsson ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Strategic Programme Against Antibiotic Resistance   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^e ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Billingens Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Recurrent acute otitis media; Review; Secretory otitis media; Ventilation tubes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; OFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ASPIRATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; ADENOIDECTOMY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055094274     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811409862     Document Type: Review

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