"Middle Ear Ventilation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Ventilation of the middle ear in the treatment of secretory (serous) OTITIS MEDIA, usually by placement of tubes or grommets which pierce the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
| Descriptor ID |
D008876
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.579.592 E04.580.450.472
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| Concept/Terms |
Middle Ear Ventilation- Middle Ear Ventilation
- Ventilation, Middle Ear
- Ear Ventilation, Middle
- Ear Ventilations, Middle
- Middle Ear Ventilations
- Ventilations, Middle Ear
Grommet Insertion- Grommet Insertion
- Grommet Insertions
- Insertion, Grommet
- Insertions, Grommet
Tympanostomy Tube Insertion- Tympanostomy Tube Insertion
- Insertion, Tympanostomy Tube
- Insertions, Tympanostomy Tube
- Tube Insertion, Tympanostomy
- Tube Insertions, Tympanostomy
- Tympanostomy Tube Insertions
Tympanostomy- Tympanostomy
- Tympanostomies
- Myringostomy
- Myringostomies
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Automatic immittance audiometry on children with transtympanic ventilation tubes. Ear Hear. 1989 Jun; 10(3):209-10.