Grommets and glue ear. by Dr Norman Swan. Probably the commonest childhood operation is the insertion of grommets - little ventilation tubes - to relieve fluid in the middle ear: so-called 'glue ear'.

And one of the key questions came down to when should we put in ear tubes, or some people call them grommets, which is a mechanism to decompress the middle ear and open it up to air and let fluid out.

Each year, more than 500,000 ear tube surgeries are performed on children, making it the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia, according to the American Academy of ...

Scrap the grommets: Glue ear could soon be treated with drug, avoiding operations for thousands. By TAMARA COHEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL Created: 19:47 EDT, 20 October 2011 ...

Grommets are tiny plastic tubes which are put into the eardrum to improve ventilation during a short operation under general anaesthetic. Around 30,000 grommet insertions are carried out each year ...

A new treatment for 'glue ear ... Grommets are tiny plastic tubes which are put into the eardrum to improve ventilation during a short operation under general anaesthetic. Around 30,000 grommet ...

Scientists have identified a potential new treatment for "glue ear" - a common hearing disorder in children - that uses existing cancer drugs. Writing in PLoS Genetics, researchers from the ...