title: Population-based, age-specific myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion rates in Calgary, Canada.
abstract: Population-based rates of myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertions in Calgary from 1997 to 2000 were determined with the use of administrative databases. Age-specific rates (procedures per 1,000 people per year) were 12.8, 54.2 and 11.1 for ages 0 to 11 months, 12 to 23 months and 0 to 15 years, respectively. Repeated procedures were performed on 7.1% of children <5 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Shalini N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kellner
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drummond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D012042:Registries; D012086:Reoperation; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery*