Tympanic effusions in children - some parameters involved.
A retrospective analysis of 1,078 adenoidectomies and 660 adenotonsillectomies in children under the age of 11 is reported, special attention having been paid to the presence of tympanic effusions. Eight parameters involved were recorded and analyzed. Amongst other things, it appeared that in adenoidectomy patients referred to the author transient tympanic effusions were very common (i.e. in 41.8% of the 2,156 ears) and that adenoid size and eosinophilia did not have any relation with these effusions.
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D014068:Tonsillectomy