Characteristics and Prognosis of Malignant External Otitis With Facial Paralysis
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Characteristics and prognosis of malignant external otitis with facial paralysis.
OBJECTIVE To compare the characteristics and prognosis of patients with malignant (necrotizing) external otitis (MEO) with and without facial nerve palsy in today's era of third-generation antibiotics. DESIGN Comparative retrospective case series. SETTING Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, a tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS Forty-eight patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.10.1002