Saline irrigation in the prevention of otorrhea after tympanostomy tube placement

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 246-

  Gross, Rick D ^a   Burgess, Lawrence P ^b   Holtel, Michael R ^b   Hall, Daniel J ^b   Ramsey, Mitchell ^b   Tsai, Paulus D ^b   Birkmire Peters, Deborah ^b  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

otic drops; Otorrhea; ototoxicity; saline irrigation; tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; OTOTOXICITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR DISEASES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033952721     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200002010-00011     Document Type: Article

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