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Efficacy of medical treatment as an adjunct to surgery in the treatment of secretory otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. H. J. Lesser ,
M. I. Clayton  and
D. Skinner
T. H. J. Lesser*
Affiliation:
Cardiff
M. I. Clayton
Affiliation:
Cardiff
D. Skinner
Affiliation:
Cardiff
*
Registrar in ENT, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
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Abstract

In a pilot controlled randomised trial of 38 children who had bilateral secretory otitis media, with effusion demonstrated at operation, we compared the efficacy of a six-week course of an oral decongestant—antihistamine combination and a mucolytic preparation with a control group in preventing the presence of middle-ear effusion six weeks after myringotomy and adenoidectomy. The mucolytic preparation decreased the presence of middle-ear effusion when compared to the decongestant-antihistamine combination and the control group (p=0.06).

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Research Article
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 100 , Issue 12 , December 1986 , pp. 1347 - 1350
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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