Inflammatory chronic otitis media and the anterior epitympanic recess

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-159

  Mansour, Salah ^a   Nicolas, Karen ^a   Naim, Albert ^a   Yamine, Fady ^a   Moukarzel, Nabil ^a   Nehme, Antoine ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anterior epitympanic recess; Choice of surgical approach; Chronic inflammatory otitis media; Computed tomographic scan; Decision analysis; Indications for surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AERATION; ANTERIOR EPITYMPANIC RECESS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM; EVALUATION; EXCISION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MASTOATTICOTOMY; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANOPLASTY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 24044511830     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.04019     Document Type: Article

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