Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on otitis media with effusion in children: A multicenter, retrospective survey in northern Japan.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to compare patient trends in otitis media with effusion (OME) symptoms and diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in order to investigate the effects of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: A retrospective, multi-center, observational study was carried out between January 2018 and December 2022 at hospitals in the Iwate Prefecture with full-time doctors. All patients were initially separated into two groups, one for the pre-COVID-19 era (from January 2018 to June 2020), and the other for the COVID-19 era (from July 2020 to December 2022). RESULTS: In the pre-COVID-19 era, 132 patients had tympanostomy tubes (TT) placed, while 64 patients had them placed in the COVID-19 era. Between the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 eras, there were no statistically significant differences in terms of age, sex, side, craniofacial deformity, or adenoidectomy. Children in elementary school showed a greater decline than those in preschool (42-11 patients in elementary school (74%) and 49 to 32 patients in preschool school (35%); p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of TT placements for OME dropped to roughly half during the COVID-19 epidemic. This was particularly obvious in elementary school students.

Modalidad quirúrgica como alternativa en la otitis media serosa por hipertrofia adenoidea: Pinar del Río, 2008 / An alternative surgical method in the serous otitis media due to adenoid hypertrophia: Pinar del Rio, 2008

La hipoacusia tiene repercusión negativa en el aprendizaje y comportamiento social de los niños, por lo que se hace necesaria la aplicación de técnicas quirúrgicas cada día más eficientes que reduzcan esta problemática. Con el objetivo de demostrar la eficacia de una nueva modalidad quirúrgica consistente en realizar adenoidectomía y doble miringotomía con aspiración del contenido seromucoso y de proponer una estrategia para solución quirúrgica definitiva en el nivel secundario y preventiva en el nivel primario, se realizó una investigación de innovación _ tecnológica, descriptiva, longitudinal prospectiva en niños con hipoacusia conductiva por otitis media serosa secundaria a hipertrofia adenoidea, que asistieron a las consultas de audiología del Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente" Pepe Portilla" y del Policlínico Universitario Dr." Ernesto Guevara" de Sandino. El universo estuvo constituido por todos los niños con hipoacusia conductiva registrados en consulta de audiología. La muestra resultó de 109 pacientes con hipoacusia por Otitis Media Serosa secundaria a Hipertrofia Adenoidea, provenientes de 10 municipios de nuestra provincia, entre los 4 y 12 años de edad; mediante muestreo intencional. A todos los pacientes se les realizó examen otorrinolaringológico y audiometría tonal. Se utilizaron métodos de encuesta, análisis documental y de la Estadística Descriptiva utilizando medidas de frecuencias absolutas y relativas porcentuales. Se calcularon intervalos de confianza para algunas de las frecuencias relativas buscadas y previo consentimiento informado se trataron quirúrgicamente, reevaluados en consulta, donde se comprobó que 108 pacientes evolucionaron satisfactoriamente, concluyendo que es una técnica eficaz.

Hypoakusia has a negative repercussion in learning and social behaviour in children so it is mandatory the implementation of surgical techniques in order to minimize this condition.. A new descriptive longitudinal and prospective technique was performed in children suffering from conductive hypoakusia due to serous otitis media secondary to adenoid hypertrophia attending to the hearing care office at "Pepe Portilla"Pediatric Hospital and "Dr.Ernesto Guevara "Policlinic in Sandino in order to show the efficacy of a new definitive surgical technique (adenotomy and double miringotomy with aspiration of the seromucus content ) and to propose an strategy for a definitive surgical solution in the secondary level being preventive at primary level. Universe was comprised of all the children suffering from conductive hypoakusia who were recorded in the auditory care office, the sample had 109 patients coming from 10 municipalities of our province and suffering from hipoakusia due to serous otitis media secondary to adenoid hypertrophia, they were 4 and 12 year old. All the patients were given otolaringologic examinations and tonal audiometry. Survey methods, documental analisis and descriptive statistic method were applied using relative and absolute percentage frequency measurements.Confidence intervals for some relative frequencies and previous informed consent were estimated; patients were surgically treated and reevaluated at the office showing that 108 patients had a satisfactory natural history and concluding that it is an efficient technique.