Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
Grommets may leads to higher proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with active monitoring (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Persistent tympanic membrane perforation
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation compared with placebo medication (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Persistent tympanic membrane perforation
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 12 months post‐randomisation
Grommets showed no clear difference in proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 12 months… compared with active monitoring (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
Grommets showed no clear difference in total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation compared with active monitoring (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of AOM recurrences at 12 months post‐randomisation
1 finding from 1 review
Disease‐specific quality of life
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with placebo medication (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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 ventilation tubes changes hearing ‐ return to normal hearing Randomised by ear: normal defined… compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1.13 [0.46, 2.74]
Studies not reported
Very low
Disease‐specific quality of life · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Presence/persistence of OME · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse event: persistent perforation · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
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 ventilation tubes changes hearing ‐ return to normal *Ventilation tubes versus laser… compared with myringotomy (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.22 [0.59, 2.53]
Studies not reported
Very low
Disease‐specific quality of life · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Presence/persistence of OME · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
It is very uncertain whether ventilation tubes changes presence/persistence of OME *Ventilation tubes versus laser… compared with myringotomy (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.27 [0.19, 0.38]
Studies not reported
Very low
Adverse event: persistent perforation · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
Ventilation tubes showed no clear difference in adverse event: persistent perforation Range of compared with myringotomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate
Disease‐specific quality of life · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found