Contemporary assessment and management of congenital cholesteatoma

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Richter, Gresham T ^a   Lee, Kenneth H ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital cholesteatoma; Management; Primary; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MASTOID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE EAR; MYRINGOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; HUMANS; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349653931     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283303688     Document Type: Review

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