Abstract

1. Abstract
1.1. Background: This study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of tympanostomy during plasma assisted adenoidectomy in children with adenoidal hypertrophy and OME.
1.2. Methods: A retrospective review of 2089 cases of childhood adenoid surgery assisted by low temperature and plasma in our hospital over the past 10 years showed that, of the 2089 cases, 245 cases with OME were treated with simultaneous intraoperative tympanometry, drug injection, suction, and external ear canal pressurization to the patency of the eustachian tube.