Insertion of ventilation tubes into the medical ear: results and complications. A seven-year review.
From 1969 to 1976 in the University ENT Clinic Mainz, a total of 677 patients received insertion of ventilation tubes into the eardrum. Three hundred eighty-five cases were able to be statistically evaluated. These were 80 adults and 305 children, 37 of these with cleft palate. All together a total of 875 operated ears were considered.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery