Acute otalgia during sleep (live insect in the ear): a case report.
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Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal may cause otalgia, and live insects have been reported among the causes. A number of methods have been used to immobilize the live insects. In our manuscript, we describe immobilization of an insect and provision of analgesia using EMLA cream.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Agri : Agri (Algoloji) Dernegi'nin Yayin organidir = The journal of the Turkish Society of Algology
دوره 21 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009