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Tympanic membrane ossification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Baer*
Affiliation:
Bristol
S. Hehar
Affiliation:
Bristol
A. R. Maw
Affiliation:
Bristol
*
S. Baer, F.R.C.S., 7 Woodstock Avenue, Redland, Bristol BS6 6EW

Abstract

Ossification of the tympanic membrane after myringoplasty is recorded for the first time. Myringoplasty was performed for closure of a perforation which followed the surgical treatment of Otitis media with effusion and had included the insertion of a long-term T-tube.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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