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| Demographics | Sheehy Collar Button fluoroplastic tubes (n = 181) |
Reuter Bobbin titanium tubes (n = 87) |
| SD: Standard Deviation; TT: Tympanostomy Tube | ||
| Number of ears | 181 | 87 |
| Mean age±SD (years) | 3.78 ± 1.5 | 4.11 ± 1.8 |
| Male-to-female ratio | 1.76 | 1.58 |
| Bilateral cases (%) | 92.6% | 97.8% |
| Primary Indications for TT Insertion | ||
| Chronic middle ear effusion (%) | 55.3 | 61.3 |
| Recurrent otitis media (%) | 44.7 | 38.7 |
