One of the most common prevailing ailments throughout the world especially in children is Otitis media (OM) which encompasses otitis media with effusion (OME) and acute otitis media (AOM). Some of the treatment methodologies that OM has impacted are antibiotics, surgical techniques, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccinations. This review investigates the recent advancements in epidemiology, diagnostics, and therapeutic techniques with the help of state-of-the-art therapies and international guidelines.
Ear Infections; Otitis Media; Otitis Externa; Smartphone- Based Otoscopy; Nanotechnology; Drug Delivery Systems; Bioengineered Tympanic Membranes; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning; Robotic-Assisted Surgery