Health technology assessment : HTA
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Health Technol Assess · Jan 2014
Meta AnalysisAdenoidectomy with or without grommets for children with otitis media: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
Otitis media (OM) is a leading cause of medical consultations, antibiotic prescription and surgery in children. The surgical procedures offered to children with recurrent or persistent OM are insertion of grommets, adenoidectomy or a combination of the two. There is clear National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance for the use of grommets in subgroups of children with persistent OM with effusion (OME), but similar guidance is not available for adenoidectomy, either in persistent OME or in recurrent acute OM (AOM). ⋯ The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme.