A prospective trial of unilateral grommets for bilateral secretory otitis media in children.
Fifty-four children with established chronic secretory otitis media, who had failed to respond to medical measures were treated with adenoidectomy and insertion of 1 grommet on a side chosen at random. Both sides improved and remained significantly improved at 12 months (P less than 0.001). At 3 months, the side with the grommet improved significantly more than the other side (P less than 0.05) but at 12 months there was no significant difference between the 2 sides (P greater than 0.1).
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies