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myringotomy
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Noun1.myringotomy - surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
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An open-label, double tympanocentesis study of levofloxacin therapy in children with, or at high risk for, recurrent or persistent acute otitis media.
Third-line rescue therapy with levofloxacin based protocol for H. ... by Eren, Makbule; Dinleyici, Ener Cagri; Hekim, Selda / Journal of Pediatric Infection
Ear' usually indicates a specimen from a patient suffering from otitis media, in which case a swab is not the specimen of choice, but rather fluid obtained by tympanocentesis.
Proper handling of microbiology specimens is vital to obtaining the ... by Forder, Arderne / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
In the antibiotic-treated group, the tympanocentesis site was not found in any animal on day 7.
Potential complications associated with steroid use in the middle and ... by Edmunds, Ann L. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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