When should retained Paparella type I tympanostomy tubes be removed in asymptomatic children?

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-153

  Moon, In Seok ^a   Kwon, Moon Oh ^b   Park, Chong Yoon ^b   Lee, Jae Heon ^b   Kim, Joo Hyun ^c   Hwang, Chi Sang ^a   Chung, Myung Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complication; Otitis media with effusion; Tube removal; Tympanostomy tube

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBE REMOVAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875377816     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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