Opening plugged tympanostomy tubes: Effect of inner diameter and shaft length

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 322-326

  Mehta, Ajay J ^a   Stevens, Gary R ^a   Antonelli, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; SILICONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; MUCUS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG INSTILLATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INSTILLATION, DRUG; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OFLOXACIN; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744281352     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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