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This study aimed to visualize and classify the clinical manifestations of OME and the correlation between the new grading system and postoperative results after ventilation tube insertion (VTI).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We classified the collective 1,012 ears from 506 patients into six groups: grade 0 (no effusion), grade I (scant effusion, but abnormal), grade II (effusion less than half of the tympanic cavity), grade III (effusion over half of the tympanic cavity, with air bubbles), grade IV (complete effusion), and grade V (retracted tympanic membrane or hemotympanum without air bubbles).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The mean age at VTI was 5.2 (\u00b12.9) years and mean duration between diagnosis and operation was 4.1 (\u00b11.8) months. Between the grades, the nature of the middle ear effusion was also significantly different (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The duration of ventilation tube retention after VTI was significantly different when compared between two groups: grade I-IV and grade V (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.019). Our results showed that the recurrence rate, as well as rate of revision VTI, increased as the grade increased (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The new grading system of OME using endoscopic otoscope evaluation had a significant correlation with the age at VTI, the nature of middle ear effusion, the recurrence rate of OME, and the rate of revision VTI.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12887-021-02855-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,31]],"date-time":"2021-08-31T08:02:51Z","timestamp":1630396971000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Postoperative results of ventilation tube insertion: a retrospective multicenter study for suggestion of grading system of otitis media with effusion"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Chan Il","family":"Song","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Byung Chul","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chol Ho","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yun Suk","family":"An","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tae Su","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyun Woo","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyun Joon","family":"Shim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Myung Hoon","family":"Yoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joong Ho","family":"Ahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"2855_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e111732","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0111732","volume":"9","author":"T Todberg","year":"2014","unstructured":"Todberg T, Koch A, Andersson M, Olsen SF, Lous J, Hom\u00f8e P. 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