Otorrhea after insertion of silver oxide-impregnated silastic tympanostomy tubes

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 446-450

  Gourin, Christine G ^a   Hubbell, Richard N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SULFACETAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORBIDITY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032959545     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.4.446     Document Type: Article

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