Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Insertion of tympanostomy tubes is often recommended to improve middle ear ventilation in children with acute ...

Clinicians still need good and reliable evidence regarding various types of surgery for treatment of otitis media with effusion (OME), despite the plethora of studies currently available, according to ...

Tympanostomy tubes are commonly placed to treat chronic otitis media with effusion and recurrent acute otitis media. In fact, tympanostomy tube placement is the most common ambulatory surgery ...

Watchful waiting or ear tube surgery? It is a decision faced by millions of families of children with recurrent or chronic otitis media with effusion (non-infected fluid in the middle ear) each year.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Tympanostomy (ear) tubes have been used for decades to reduce the rate of ear infections in young children. A study from the University of Pittsburgh, however, found that they may ...

Otitis media remains the most common infection for which children receive antibiotics. Drawing on systematic reviews of the published literature, four leading "ear experts" offer the following ...

There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child's ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the ensuing two years compared with giving oral ...

KARL STORZ United States announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an expanded indication for the AventaMed Solo+ Tympanostomy tube device (TTD), allowing its use in ...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Preceptis Medical, Inc., an innovative surgical technology company dedicated to providing less invasive options for pediatric patients, today announced the launch ...

(HealthDay News) — Tympanostomy tube obstruction occurs in more than 10% of patients, according to research published online July 10 in JAMA Otolaryngology. David E. Conrad, MD, from the ...