The extraordinary healing properties of the pediatric tympanic membrane: A study of atelectasis in the pediatric ear

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1789-1793

  Borgstein, Johannes ^a   Stoop, Esther ^a   Halim, Angela ^a   Feenstra, Louw ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atelectasis middle ear; Ear surgery; Retraction pockets; Spontaneous healing; Traumatic perforations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; AUDIOGRAPHY; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR DISEASES; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 55349133016     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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