Post-tympanostomy tube otorrhea: A meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-11

  Hochman, Jordan ^a   Blakley, Brian ^a   Abdoh, Ahmed ^a   Aleid, Hazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; OTORRHEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745399280     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.02.019     Document Type: Review

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