Opening plugged tympanostomy tubes: Effect of tube composition

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 870-874

  Tsao, Benjamin A ^b   Stevens, Gary R ^b   Antonelli, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FLOXIN OTIC; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; OFLOXACIN; PLASTIC; SILICONE; TITANIUM; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MIDDLE EAR; MODEL; MUCUS; STANDARDIZATION; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCUS; SILICONES;

EID: 0038602705     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00470-4     Document Type: Article

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