Issues, indications, and controversies regarding intratympanic steroid perfusion
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Comparison of intermittent intratympanic steroid injection and near-continual transtympanic steroid perfusion as salvage treatments for sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1068-9508
DOI: 10.1097/moo.0b013e32830ce796