| Ear-infection
surgery has limited gain
Removing a child’s
tonsils and adenoids as a treatment for recurrent ear infections has
limited value beyond that imparted by normal antibiotics.
References:
Paradise, J.L., et
al. 1999. Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy for recurrent acute
otitis media. Journal of the American Medical Association
282(Sept. 8):945.
Further Readings:
Gates, G.A. 1999.
Otitis media—the pharyngeal connection. Journal of the American
Medical Association 282(Sept. 8):987.
Paradise, J.L.
1992. Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy for recurrent or persistent
otitis media. Pediatric Research 31:99A.
Paradise, J.L., et
al. 1990. Efficacy of adenoidectomy for recurrent otitis media in
children previously treated with tympanostomy-tube placement. Journal
of the American Medical Association 263:2066.
Sources:
Jack L. Paradise
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3417
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 13, September 25, 1999, p. 203. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |