Middle Ear, Chronic Suppurative Otitis, Surgical Treatment: Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

chronic suppurative otitis, chronic suppurative otitis media, otitis media, myringoplasty, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, ossicular reconstruction, ossiculoplasty, ossicular chain, tympanic membrane, malleus, incus, stapes, fenestration operation, semicircular canal

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Peter A Weisskopf, MD, Neurotologist, Arizona Otolaryngology Consultants; Head, Section of Neurotology, Barrow Neurological Institute
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Anurag Jain, MBBS, FRCS(Ire), MS, FRCS(Oto), MS(Oto), DLO(RCSEngland), Specialist Registrar, Department of Otolaryngology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK
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Jeffrey Robert Knight, MBChB, FRCS, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology, Mayday University Hospital, London
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