Sean:
Great question, but you are off in timeframe. The paper you remembered was 1998 ... Helen Gelly.
Unfortunately, there are complications with insertion of PETubes for ear barotrauma, so we don't recommend it if there are ways to mitigate ear pain without tubes.
In my practice, once the tubes were in place, and HBOT finished, we would have the patient follow up with the ENT surgeon. They usually would let the tubes fall out spontaneously. If there were a persistent perforation, there is the cigarette paper patches that work well.
I'm not aware of a newer paper that definitively answers the question.
gene worth
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