Adenoidectomy with laser or incisional myringotomy for otitis media with effusion

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 342-345

  Szeremeta, Wasyl ^a   Parameswaran, Mahesh S ^a   Isaacson, Glenn ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; laser myringotomy; otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CURETTAGE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034012058     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200003000-00002     Document Type: Article

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