Myringotomy delays the tympanic membrane recovery in acute otitis media: A study in the rat model

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 8 I, 2002, Pages 1474-1481

  Spratley, Jorge ^a,b   Hellström, Sten ^a   Eriksson, Per Olof ^a   Pais Clemente, Manuel ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Myringotomy; Otitis media; Rat; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EARDRUM; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LAMINA PROPRIA; MICROSCOPY; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036403268     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200208000-00027     Document Type: Article

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