Evaluating Adverse Outcomes After Myringotomy or Tube Placement in Head and Neck Cancer
Patients with a history of head and neck cancer or radiation have a three-to-five-fold risk of persistent tympanic membrane perforation after myringotomy with or without tube placement and a higher rate of recurrent effusion that is not significant. In multivariate analysis, perforation risk was revealed to be multifactorial.
Authors
- Tiffany P. Hwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-9366)
- Kevin Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2428-637X)
- Cungeng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8169-7107)
- Steven J. Eliades (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6503-2252)
- Michael J. Ruckenstein
- Douglas C. Bigelow
- Jason A. Brant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-0679)
- Krithika Kuppusamy
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- Duke University Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.1186
- Primary Topic
- Ear Surgery and Otitis Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00