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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Tympanocentesis or not? A prospective cohort study for obstructive sleep apnea children in conjunction with asymptomatic otitis media with effusion.

Junji Yao, Tingting Jin, Anying Huang, Zhaoyan Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Lingxiang Hu

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Junji Yao *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tingting Jin *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Anying HuangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhaoyan WangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhihua ZhangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lingxiang HuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This prospective cohort study explored an individualized approach for managing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with asymptomatic otitis media with effusion (OME). The study compared the outcomes of tympanocentesis and watchful waiting in pediatric patients with OSA and coexisting asymptomatic OME. Pediatric OSA patients (

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adenoid tonsillectomychildhood obstructive sleep apneachildhood otitis media with effusionobservational studytympanocentesis

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PMCPMC13201238

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