Predictive factors for repeated tympanostomy tube placement in children.

Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira de Guimarães, Creixomil, Guimarães, Portugal.

Published: November 2022

Objectives: To determine the rate and risk factors for additional tympanostomy tube (TT) placement after first set of TT extrusion in children.

Materials And Methods: Single-centre cohort study. Clinical records of children undergoing TT placement from January 2015 to December 2017 were reviewed and factors related to the need for subsequent TT were evaluated.

Results: A total of 183 children were included, with a mean age of 5.45±2.672 years old. All surgeries were performed simultaneously with adenoidectomy and 64.3% with tonsillectomy. The mean TT retention time was 12.13±6.033 months and the rate of second TT insertion was 21.9%. The TT retention time was significantly lower in children who needed a second TT (8.97±3.962 vs 13.05±6.229, p<.001). Other factors significantly associated with the need for a second TT in the univariate analysis were the presence of otorrhoea and snoring after TT placement (p=.042 and p=.02), RAOM (p=.016), passive smoking (p=.038) and rhinorrhoea (p=.008). However, on multivariate analysis only TT retention time (OR=.831, 95% CI: .727-.950) and RAOM as an indication for surgery (OR: 5.767; 95% CI: 1.696-19.603) were predictors of a second TT. Gender, age, asthma, prematurity, and low birth weight were not significantly associated with a second TT.

Conclusions: RAOM and a short TT retention time were significantly associated with additional TT placement, enhancing the need for and importance of follow up of these children after TT extrusion.

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