This review article discusses the current guidelines for the management of paediatric otitis media, tympanostomy tube placement indications, management of risk factors for chronic otitis media, intraoperative and postoperative management guidelines and the management of complications. The important takeaways include bilateral tube placement is warranted when otitis media is present for more than three months and if there is concurrent speech / motor / global delay or vestibular impairment; long-term monitoring of children with tubes for tympanic membrane perforation and cholesteatoma; and finally, consider concurrent adenoidectomy in children >4 years of age undergoing bilateral tympanostomy with symptoms of adenoid disease. The review is comprehensive and addresses all the important aspects of paediatric conductive hearing loss.
Paediatric conductive hearing loss management
Reviewed by Gauri Mankekar
Management of conductive hearing loss from otitis media in children operative techniques in otolaryngology.
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Gauri Mankekar
Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
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