Optimising the pre-treatment process before mobile ear surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media in Wolisso and Attat, Ethiopia

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 421-424

  Guntinas Lichius, O ^a   Wittekindt, C ^a,b   Baier, M ^a   Manni, J J ^c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing Nations; Otologic Surgical Procedures; Otology; Sub Saharan Africa; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EAR DROPS; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; EAR SURGERY; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGEON; TYMPANOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOPICAL TREATMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; SURGEONS; TYMPANOPLASTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902259701     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002221511400098X     Document Type: Article

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