Management of chronic otitis by middle ear obliteration with blind sac closure of the external auditory canal

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Sanna, Mario ^a   Dispenza, Francesco ^a,b   Flanagan, Sean ^a,c   Stefano, Alessandro De ^a   Falcioni, Maurizio ^a  

^a GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Chronic otitis; Mastoid obliteration; Meningoencephalic herniation; Middle ear obliteration; Middle ear revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR CANAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABYRINTHITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOID; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38349071060     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31815dbb40     Document Type: Article

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