title: How effective are common ENT operations?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the literature on the outcomes of ENT operations in order to assess whether ENT operations are effective.
  
  
  METHODS
  The value of evidence-based medicine in relation to ENT was appraised, as was the perception of effectiveness. Literature on common ENT operations, including grommet insertion, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, and correction of the nasal septum, was evaluated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When evaluating the effectiveness of ENT operations, the patient's overall condition and improvements after surgery should be measured. Objective and subjective factors should both be considered as good evidence, especially with the increasing role that evidence-based medicine plays in decisions of whether to operate. The literature review provides evidence that ENT operations are effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery,Queen Elizabeth Hospital,London,UK.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Seymour
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adenoidectomy; Decision Making; Grommet Insertion; Hearing Loss; Nasal Surgery; Otitis Media With Effusion; Quality Of Life; Surgery; Tonsillectomy; Treatment Outcome