Extent of cotton-bud use in ears.
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Nagal and colleagues again raise ENT surgeons’ concerns about the use of cottonbuds in the ear canal.1 As a GP I have always counselled against the use of cotton buds in this way. However I have comparatively rarely seen complications. If 68% of the population are using cottonbuds in the ear it seems that complications of this practice, as a proportion of the number of times it is performed, must be very rare. Are we worrying too much?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 61 593 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011