Management of otitis media with effusion in children. Société française d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale clinical practice guidelines

F Blanc; D Ayache; M N Calmels; O Deguine; M François; N Leboulanger; E Lescanne; R Marianowski; J Nevoux; R Nicollas; S Tringali; N Tessier; V Franco-Vidal; P Bordure; M Mondain

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2018.04.008

Management of otitis media with effusion in children. Société française d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale clinical practice guidelines

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2018 Aug;135(4):269-273. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.04.008.

Authors

F Blanc¹, D Ayache², M N Calmels³, O Deguine³, M François⁴, N Leboulanger⁵, E Lescanne⁶, R Marianowski⁷, J Nevoux⁸, R Nicollas⁹, S Tringali¹⁰, N Tessier⁴, V Franco-Vidal¹¹, P Bordure¹², M Mondain¹³

Affiliations

¹ Service d'ORL, hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: blancfm@googlemail.com.
² Service d'ORL, fondation Rothschild, 75019 Paris, France.
³ Service d'ORL, hôpital Purpan, CHU de Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France.
⁴ Service d'ORL, hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 75019 Paris, France.
⁵ Service d'ORL, hôpital Necker, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France.
⁶ Service d'ORL, CHU de Tours, 37000 Tours, France.
⁷ Service d'ORL, CHU de Brest, 29200 Brest, France.
⁸ Service d'ORL, hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre, AP-HP, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁹ Service d'ORL pédiatrique, AP-HM La Timone, 13005 Marseille, France.
¹⁰ Service d'ORL, CHU de Lyon, 69003 Lyon, France.
¹¹ Service d'ORL, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
¹² Service d'ORL, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France.
¹³ Service d'ORL, hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, CHU de Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France.

PMID: 29759911
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.04.008

Abstract

The Société française d'ORL et de chirurgie cervico-faciale clinical practice guidelines concern the management of otitis media with effusion (OME) in children under the age of 12 years. They are based on extensive review of MEDLINE and Cochrane Library publications in English or French from 1996 to 2016 concerning the methods of diagnosis and assessment of otitis media with effusion, as well as the efficacy of tympanostomy tubes and medical and surgical treatments of OME.

Keywords: Child; Cholesteatoma; Otitis media with effusion; Tympanostomy tubes.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Otitis Media with Effusion / therapy*
Treatment Outcome