Contact diode laser myringotomy for medium-duration middle ear ventilation in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1077-1080

  D'Eredità, Riccardo ^a   Shah, Udayan K ^b  

^a Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Contact diode laser; Myringotomy; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646111437     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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