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The mini-grommet and tympanosclerosis: results at two years
A F Dingle1, L M Flood, B U Kumar
1North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
One hundred and sixteen children with otitis media with effusion (OME) underwent surgery with grommet insertion. A conventional Shah grommet was used in one ear, and a Mini-Shah grommet in the other. Final review of the subjects two years after surgery revealed a significantly lesser degree of tympanosclerosis in the ear into which the Mini-Shah grommet had been inserted. This benefit might have resulted from the lesser mass of the mini-tube or its shorter duration in situ.