Chemical Closure of Tympanic Membrane Perforation: Call for Caution | Zendy

Waqar Aslam | Zendy; Lena Abou Nukta | Zendy; Hassan Haidar | Zendy; Ali Alsaadi | Zendy; Hassanin Abdulkarim | Zendy; Aisha Larem | Zendy; Abdulsalam Al-Qahtani | Zendy

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Chemical Closure of Tympanic Membrane Perforation: Call for Caution

Author(s) -

Waqar Aslam,

Lena Abou Nukta,

Hassan Haidar,

Ali Alsaadi,

Hassanin Abdulkarim,

Aisha Larem,

Abdulsalam Al-Qahtani

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of international advanced otology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2148-3817

pISSN - 1308-7649

DOI - 10.5152/iao.2015.1816

Subject(s) - medicine , cauterization , tympanic membrane perforation , perforation , surgery , closure (psychology) , tympanoplasty , market economy , punching , materials science , economics , metallurgy

Chemical closure of tympanic membrane perforation is a commonly practiced office-based otological procedure, which is labeled to be effective and safe. In this paper, we report a case of a young lady with disastrous complications following an attempt of chemical cauterization of her perforated tympanic membrane.

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