Synchronous fat plug myringoplasty and tympanostomy tube removal in the management of refractory otorrhoea in younger patients

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Liew, L ^a,b   Daudia, A ^a   Narula, A A ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Middle ear ventilation; Myringoplasty; Otitis media with effusion; Post operative complications; Tympanic membrane perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORBIDITY; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 0037010785     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(02)00257-4     Document Type: Article

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