Oxymetazoline is equivalent to ciprofloxacin in preventing postoperative otorrhea or tympanostomy tube obstruction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 363-365

  Kumar, Veena V ^a   Gaughan, John ^a   Isaacson, Glenn ^a   Szeremeta, Wasyl ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Otitis media; Ototopical preparations; Oxymetazoline; Postoperative otorrhea; Tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OXYMETAZOLINE; TETRYZOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OBSTRUCTION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE OBSTRUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OXYMETAZOLINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 13444272292     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154746.55937.4d     Document Type: Review

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