Pediatric myringoplasty: Factors that affect success - A retrospective study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 723-729

  Sckolnick, Joshua S ^a   Mantle, Belinda ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Chi, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat graft; Gelfoam; Gleeful; Myringoplasty; Myringotomy; Paper patch; Pediatric otolaryngology; Tympanic membrane perforation; Tympanostomy

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ADENOID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DISEASE DURATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTORRHEA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA; PAPER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 41849115615     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815f8e2f     Document Type: Article

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