Development of a calcium alginate tympanostomy tube

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2473-2477

  Sherman, Ethan G ^a   Antonelli, Patrick J ^b   Tran Son Tay, Roger ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

development; occlusion; Tympanostomy tube

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE;

ARTICLE; EARDRUM; ENCAPSULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC TUBE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ALGINATES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 78649673602     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20981     Document Type: Article

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