![]() ![]() Overall closure rate for all patients available for follow up was 87.0%, regardless of technique used to encourage healing. Chi-square statistical analysis were used to determine the statistical significant of observations. The main outcome measure was perforation healing. These techniques included freshen edges (11.8%), Gelfoam or Gelfilm (14.1%), Gelfoam and/or Gelfilm with freshened edges (50.6%). Seventy-six percent of the ears had a technique used to encourage healing. Interventions included removal of tympanostomy tubes and techniques for encouraging perforation closure. The indications for removal included: prolonged intubation (61.3%), otorrhea or recurrent infection (21.6%), obstruction (7.2%), tube in middle ear (6.3%), enlarging perforation (2.7%), and in preparation for future cochlear implant surgery (9.9%). The length of intubation ranged from 12 months to 108 months (average, 44.6 months). Patients included 47 males and 35 females with an age range of 2-15 years (average age, 6.8 years and median, 6 years). ![]() We conducted a retrospective chart review of 82 pediatric patients (111 ears) who underwent surgical tube removal at a tertiary care pediatric hospital from to. To evaluate factors affecting perforation healing in children with surgical removal of retained tympanostomy tubes. ![]()
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