Otitis media with effusion refers to the fluid in the tympanic cavity of secretory otitis media. Clinically, the methods for draining or reducing the effusion mainly include the following:

First is pharmacological treatment, which primarily involves antibiotics, steroids, and medications that promote the secretion of fluids. This is the pharmaceutical approach to treatment.

There is also invasive treatment, which includes procedures such as tympanocentesis, tympanostomy tube placement, and eustachian tube balloon dilation, with the aim of draining or extracting these fluids.

Clinically, treatment generally begins with pharmacological approaches, followed by invasive procedures.