TRAUMA TO THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL AND TEMPORAL BONE

Authors
BACKOUS DD MINOR LB NIPARKO JK
Citation
Dd. Backous et al., TRAUMA TO THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL AND TEMPORAL BONE, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 29(5), 1996, pp. 853
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1996)29:5<853:TTTEAA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Sources of trauma to the external auditory canal range from impaction of small foreign bodies to severely comminuted temporal bone fractures sustained after blunt or penetrating forces. This article provides an overview of commonly encountered injuries. The proposed systematic ap proach to evaluation and management is meant to serve as a guide to in dividualizing patient care.