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Ventilation tubes and cholesteatoma in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

E. H. Mortensen  and
T. Lildholdt
E. H. Mortensen
Affiliation:
Vejle, Denmark
T. Lildholdt*
Affiliation:
Vejle, Denmark
*
Turkisvej 41, DK-87000 Horsens, Denmark.
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Summary

The previous use of ventilation tubes has been investigated retrospectively in a series of children whose ears had been operated on. Within a six-year period, 49 ears had a cholesteatoma documented, and in 14 of these a tube had been used. During the same period, 64 ears were operated on for chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma, and of these only three ears had been treated with a tube. This difference is statistically significant (p = 0.0004). A final conclusion is not possible from this information and more research is needed, but the study indicates the importance of a long-term follow-up of children who have been treated with ventilation tubes.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 27 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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