New method for packing the external auditory canal, middle ear space, and mastoid cavities after otologic surgery

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 260-265

  Wiesenthal, Alain A ^a   Garber, Lesley Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GB 421 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Bacitracin ; Gelfoam ; Mastoidectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACITRACIN; GELFOAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EAR SURGERY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; HUMAN; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACETIC ACID; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACITRACIN; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MASTOID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 0032759986     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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