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Article: Adenotonsillectomy is Ineffective in Preventing Recurrent Acute Otitis Media.(Clinical report)

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January 1, 2000
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Adenotonsillectomy is Ineffective in Preventing Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

Source: Paradise JL, et al. Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy for recurrent acute otitis media: Parallel randomized clinical trials in children not previously treated with tympanostomy tubes. JAMA 1999;282:945-953.

Adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy are frequently performed in the United States in an attempt to reduce the occurrence of persistent or recurrent otitis media. Paradise and associates at the Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, who have conducted some of the most important and definitive studies on otitis media in children, conducted a ...

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