Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of otitis media with effusion in adults and children: a multicenter study.
Giannicola IannellaGiuseppe MagliuloJerome R LechienAntonino ManiaciTiziano PerronePier Carlo FrasconiAndrea De VitoChiara MartoneSalvatore FerlitoSalvatore CocuzzaGiovanni CammarotoGiuseppe MeccarielloValentina MonticoneAntonio GrecoMarco de VincentiisMassimo RalliVincenzo SavastanoSerena BertinAnnalisa PaceAlessandro MilaniRoberta PolimeniStefano PelucchiAndrea CiorbaClaudio ViciniPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)
Our findings showed a lower incidence of OME during the pandemic period compared with 2 previous non pandemic years. The drastic restrictive anti-contagion measures taken by the Italian government to contain the spread of COVID-19 could have had a positive impact on the lower OME incidence during the last pandemic year.