The role of laser assisted tympanostomy (LAT) in treating allergic children with chronic serous otitis media

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-214

  Prokopakis, Emmanuel P ^a,b   Hajiioannou, Jiannis K ^a   Velegrakis, George A ^a   Christodoulou, Panagiotis N ^a   Scordalakis, Constantine ^a   Helidonis, Emmanuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergies; Laser assisted tympanostomy; Serous otitis media

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARDRUM; EFFUSION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LIQUID; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA; SEX; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TYMPANOPLASTY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037186363     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00613-9     Document Type: Article

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