Could the presence of a Carhart notch predict the presence of glue at myringotomy?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-186

  Kumar, Manoj ^a,b   Maheshwar, A ^a   Mahendran, S ^a   Oluwasamni, A ^a   Clayton, M I ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carhart notch; Effusion; Otitis media; Tympanogram

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; MYRINGOTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0037533015     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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