title: Aspirating middle ear effusions when inserting ventilation tubes: does it influence post-operative otorrhoea, tube obstruction or the development of tympanosclerosis?
abstract: This prospective study examined the influence of aspirating middle ear effusions, immediately prior to ventilation tube insertion, upon the subsequent development of otorrhoea and tympanosclerosis. 50 children were studied and aspiration of effusions did not influence the incidence of purulent otorrhoea or ventilation tube obstruction within 1 month of surgery. The development of tympanosclerosis did not correlate with effusion aspiration, but in those ears which had an effusion aspirated there was a relation between operative bleeding and the development of tympanosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, United Bristol Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dawes
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rhys
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D013396:Suction; D013492:Suppuration; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology*