title: Gelfoam/Gelfilm patching following the removal of ventilation tubes.
abstract: A follow-up study to document the rate of tympanic membrane perforation following surgical removal of ventilation tubes with Gelfoam/Gelfilm patching in paediatric patients is presented. The initial study performed at The Hospital for Sick Children with no patching following ventilation tube removal had a perforation rate of 10.3%. This follow-up study used Gelfoam/Gelfilm patching of perforations at the time of ventilation tube removal performed between January 1993 and May 1994 at the same hospital. There was sufficient follow-up on 155 ears with (4.5%) documented perforations, a significant difference from the the no-patching technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hekkenberg
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Smitheringale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*