[The results of treatment of otitis media with suppuration in children by ventilation tubes].

The authors present the results of surgical treatment of secretory otitis media by means of drainage of tympanic cavity. The ventilation tubes used were made of Polish plastic Tarflen. The control assessments were carried out from 6 months to 6 years after the surgery, 58 children were studied, 49 of them had control examination. The improvement in hearing was found in 65 per cent of the patients. The appearance of tympanic membrane after the surgery was as follows: normal in 38.8%, retraction pockets in 10.2%, tympanosclerosis in 8.2%, secretory fluid in 6.1%, perforation of the tympanic membrane in 4.1%.