Tympanostomy Tubes or Medical Management for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media.
Alejandro HobermanDiego PreciadoJack L ParadiseDavid H ChiMaryAnn HaralamStan L BlockDiana H KearneySonika BhatnagarGysella B Muñiz PujaltTimothy R ShopeJudith M MartinDaniel E FeltenMarcia Kurs-LaskyHui LiuKristin YahnerJong-Hyeon JeongNorman L CohenBrian CzervionkeJennifer P NaggJoseph E DoharNader ShaikhPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
Among children 6 to 35 months of age with recurrent acute otitis media, the rate of episodes of acute otitis media during a 2-year period was not significantly lower with tympanostomy-tube placement than with medical management. (Funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02567825.).