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 ...

Antihistamines. Not all cases of chronic OM appear to be associated with viral or bacterial infections. Intervention with anti-inflammatory agents, antihistamines, and decongestants may be effective, ...

KARL STORZ United States is proud to announce that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an expanded indication for the AventaMed Solo+(TM) Tympanostomy Tube Device (TTD), allowing its ...

We defined 218 children at high risk for otitis media (OM) in that each had received myringotomy with tympanostomy-tube placement (M & T) and, subsequent to tube extrusion, had developed recurrent ...

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 ...

Otitis media remains the most common infection for which children receive antibiotics. Drawing on systematic reviews of the published literature, four leading "ear experts" offer the following ...

February 9, 2022, Alexandria, VA – The American Academy of Otolaryngology‒Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) ...

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 ...

There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child's ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the ensuing two years compared with giving oral ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Preceptis Medical, Inc. announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the creation of a new add-on G code to identify and ...