Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography for foreign body aspiration in children.

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity of multidetector computed tomography for confirming suspected foreign body aspiration into the airways in children.

Method: We conducted a multicentre prospective study of 303 children evaluated using multidetector computed tomography with axial analysis complemented by multiplanar reconstruction when required. The images were read by a radiologist before endoscopy then reviewed later by a senior radiologist blinded to the endoscopy findings.

Inlay butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty in children.

Objective: To assess the results of inlay butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty in children.

Study Design: Before-and-after trial; follow-up duration, 26.6 +/- 19.