Type III cartilage "shield" tympanoplasty: An effective procedure for hearing improvement

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 982-985

  Kyrodimos, Efthymios ^a   Sismanis, Aristides ^a   Santos, Daniel ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM DISEASE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR OSSICLES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; OTITIS MEDIA; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 34249674369     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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