Current Concepts in Microtia and Congenital Aural Atresia
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Management of hearing loss and the normal ear in cases of unilateral Microtia with aural atresia.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To identify the rate of hearing loss related to middle ear disease and the frequency of tympanostomy tube (TT) insertion in the contralateral ear of patients with unilateral microtia/aural atresia. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series of patients less than 3 years of age with unilateral microtia/aural atresia treated at an urban, tertiary care children's hospital from ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.676