Paediatric otitis media surgery in Norway

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-33

  Karevold, Gunnhild ^a   Haapkylä, Johanna ^b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^b   Nafstad, Per ^c,d   Kværner, Kari Jorunn ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Guidelines; Myringotomy; Operative treatment; Otitis media; Tympanostomy tube

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; NORWAY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; NORWAY; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 33847003015     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600606756     Document Type: Article

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