Variables associated with repeated ventilation tube insertion in healthy non-syndromic children

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study was to determine variables associated with rVT insertions for rAOM and/or OME in otherwise healthy children. METHODS: This was designed as a retrospectively controlled cohort study. Patients were identified from a prospectively collected surgical database. Eligible subjects were those who had undergone rVT and a consecutive concurrent control group who received only one ventilation tube (VT). Exclusion …