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J H Leek

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PubMed1979

Middle ear ventilation in conjunction with adenotonsillectomy.

This report continues the evaluation of the use of a ventilation tube in the middle ear at the time of adenotonsillectomy. This series of 72 cases has been followed for 1 to 3 years. Each patient had bilaterally similar middle ear effusions. A myringotomy was performed in both ears. In one of the ears a ventilation tube was inserted, the other ear acting as a control. In 3 out of 4 of the patients in this study, adenotonsillectomy and evacuation of the middle ear fluid were sufficient to clear the middle ear indefinitely, and the use of the ventilation tube was redundant.

Adenoidectomy↗
PubMed1977

Middle ear ventilation in conjunction with adenotonsillectomy.

If the tonsils and adenoids are causing eustachian tube dysfunction with middle ear effusion, the need for a ventilation tube at the time of the T&A and myringotomy is unresolved. Thirty-one patients with bilateral symmetrical middle ear effusion had T&A and myringotomies. In one ear, a ventilation tube was inserted; the other ear acted as a control. In addition to the clinical impressions, preoperative and serial postoperative audiograms and tympanograms are compared through a 12-month time frame. Discussion is presented regarding middle ventilation at the time of the primary operation.

Adenoidectomy↗