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Randomisation in 1:\u00a01:\u00a01 ratio to single intraoperative application of ciprofloxacin drops, extended 5\u00a0day postoperative application and no drops. Patients were assessed by blinded assessors at 6\u00a0weeks postoperatively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was conducted in a large tertiary health network in Melbourne, Australia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>All children, 17\u00a0years and under, undergoing bilateral middle ear ventilation tube surgery with or without concurrent upper airway surgery for recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion were approached.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Presence of postoperative otorrhoea and ventilation tube obstruction at 6\u00a0weeks postoperatively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two\u2010hundred and fifty\u2010six paediatric patients completed the study with a median age of 4.02\u00a0years. One\u2010hundred and fifty\u2010three participants were male. Ear analysis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0512) showed intraoperative antibiotics were more effective than no drops in preventing otorrhoea (RR\u00a0=\u00a0.341, 95% CI .158\u2013.738, NNT\u00a0=11.25, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.006). Postoperative antibiotics were more effective than no drops in preventing ventilation tube obstruction (RR\u00a0=\u00a0.424, 95% CI .193 to .930, NNT\u00a0=14.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.032).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Intraoperative topical ciprofloxacin was effective at preventing early postoperative otorrhoea, and a prolonged course was effective at preventing ventilation tube obstruction. Future studies on this topic should seek to clarify whether particular subgroups of patients benefit more from prophylactic topical antibiotics and model for cost\u2010effectiveness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/coa.13887","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,10]],"date-time":"2021-11-10T17:24:01Z","timestamp":1636565041000},"page":"287-294","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A randomised clinical trial of single or extended dosing ciprofloxacin versus no intervention for prevention of ventilation tube otorrhoea and obstruction (PreVenTO2)"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7832-9795","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luke Chenkan","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery School of Clinical Sciences Monash University  Melbourne Vic Australia"},{"name":"Department of 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