Journal Reviews

Does endoscopic tympanoplasty give better results than a conventional approach?

6 October 2017 | | Endoscopic tympanoplasty, cholesteatoma, chronic otitis media, middle ear

This is a retrospective review looking at two groups of patients who had undergone middle ear surgery for chronic otitis media (perforation, retraction pocket/cholesteatoma) either open or endoscopic. Four hundred and five patients underwent open ear surgery and 501 endoscopic,...

Is there a ‘best’ ventilation tube?

1 November 2016 | | Complications, Extrusion, Material, Otorrhea, Secretory otitis media, Tympanostomy tubes, Ventilation tubes

Studies on grommet materials and sizes are not exactly new but this was a well-designed randomized study in Sweden with some useful findings. The extrusion rate and complications associated with four different ventilation tubes (grommets) were assessed prospectively in 400...