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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

256 questions · 278 findings · 34 reviews · ENT

No studies found 86 · 30.9%GRADE not reported 1 · 0.4%Very low 88 · 31.7%Low 66 · 23.7%Moderate 35 · 12.6%High 2 · 0.7%

Intratympanic corticosteroids vs placebo/no treatment

Improvement in vertigo frequency · Ménière’s disease

Intratympanic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in improvement in vertigo frequency compared with placebo/no treatment (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Intratympanic corticosteroids vs placebo/no treatment

Change in vertigo frequency · Ménière’s disease
3 findings from 1 review

Intratympanic gentamicin vs no treatment/placebo

Improvement in vertigo frequency · Ménière’s disease

It is very uncertain whether intratympanic gentamicin changes improvement in vertigo frequency compared with no treatment/placebo (very low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Endolymphatic sac decompression vs placebo (sham surgery)

Improvement in vertigo (complete resolution) at 6 to ≤ 12 months (12 months) · Ménière’s disease

It is very uncertain whether endolymphatic sac decompression changes improvement in vertigo (complete resolution) at 6 to ≤ 12 months (12… compared with placebo (sham surgery) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Hearing ‐ return to normal *Ventilation tubes versus laser myringotomy (6 to 12 months ‐ medium‐term) Adjusted for non‐independence of within‐individual measurements Assumed ICC of 0.5 № of participants: 132 (2 RCTs) · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)

It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes hearing ‐ return to normal hearing (as complete improvement in… compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review