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Surgical management of OME

Surgical management of children with otitis media with effusion (OME)

Guidance type:  Clinical guideline
Date issued:  February 2008
Expected review date:  TBC
Reference:  CG60

Summary

The advice in the NICE guideline covers:

  • the surgical management of OME in children younger than 12 years
  • guidance for managing OME in children with Down's syndrome and in children with all types of cleft palate.

It does not specifically look at the management of OME in:

  • children with other syndromes (for example, craniofacial dysmorphism or polysaccharide storage disease)
  • children with multiple complex needs.
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