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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Two consecutive presentations at the recent meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology in San Diego, Calif, addressed the incidence of complications associated with the use of long-term, T-type tympanostomy tubes. Drs Bruce Matt and Robin Cotton, Cincinnati, Ohio, reported a 13.6% incidence of persistent perforations among 140 ears treated with T tubes. Two patients developed cholesteatomas. In a separate study, Drs Robert Miller, Robert Meyers, and James Campbell, Chicago, Ill, reported similar results among 160 ears treated with T tubes. Of patients in the Chicago study, 18.9% developed persistent perforations and 4 patients developed cholesteatomas. The authors of both studies recommended caution in the use of long-term, T-type tympanostomy tubes.
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery – American Medical Association
Published: Dec 1, 1989
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