Tympanostomy tubes are commonly placed to treat chronic otitis media with effusion and recurrent acute otitis media. In fact, tympanostomy tube placement is the most common ambulatory surgery ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new system for placement of tympanostomy tubes in children with otitis media that does not require general anesthesia. The Tubes Under Local ...

TUTTLINGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chronic ear infections are a leading reason for doctor visits and surgical procedures such as placement of ear tubes in young children. 1-3 Ear-tube placement has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tympanostomy tubes were not superior to medical management in reducing the rate of episodes of acute otitis ...

In 2006, the most recent year with available data, 667,000 U.S. children, mainly under 3 years of age, underwent tympanostomy-tube placement for recurrent acute otitis media. Previous trials, most ...