Effect of adenotonsillectomy on middle ear status in children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 731-734

  Oomen, Karin P Q ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Van Den Akker, Emma H ^a   Van Staaij, Birgit K ^b   Hoes, Amo W ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Children; Middle ear status; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAR; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17244381939     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000161328.37482.a2     Document Type: Article

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