title: Surgical management of otitis media (recurrent and nonsuppurative).
abstract: In 1977 Paradise outlined the role of tympanostomy tubes in nonsuppurative otitis media. Over the intervening 10 years the role has changed little. Exceptions would be the demonstrated advantage of tube placement over myringotomy alone in those patients with effusion for longer than 2 or 3 months, or over prophylactic sulfonamide or placebo in recurrent otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors