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Peter Coyte Makes the News

Peter Coyte's recent outcomes study of Children Undergoing Surgery for Ear Infections was featured in the Globe and Mail on November 7, 2001. The study found that children who are hospitalized with ear infections are much less likely to need further surgery if they undergo a two-part procedure - an adenoidectomy (the removal of adenoid glands) in conjunction with the insertion of tiny tubes in the ear drums - instead of just tube surgery. However, the study also demonstrated a wide degree of variability in children undergoing the procedure across the province. "Such a degree of variability in such a common procedure is disturbing" said Peter Coyte in his interview with the Globe, "Our conclusion is that there needs to be some rules out there that everyone is following." The study's other authors are Ruth Croxford, William Feldman, and Jacob Friedburg. For further information, please see the April 19, 2001 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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