Factors of the blockage of ventilation tubes in the immediate postoperative period

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1393-1397

  Jeon, Eun Ju ^a   Park, Yong Soo ^a   Lee, Seung Kyun ^a   Chang, Ki Hong ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Park, Kyoung Ho ^a   Lee, Dong Hee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complications; Otitis media with effusion; Ventilation tube

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VENTILATION TUBE BLOCKAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36148982237     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0375-0     Document Type: Article

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