Changes in the clinical presentation of chronic otitis media from the 1970s to the 1990s

Clinical features of 1123 patients with chronic otitis media referred to a Finnish university hospital for surgical treatment over a 20-year period were analyzed. The number of patients declined by 48 per cent from the period 1976–1985 to 1986–1995. The decline was evident in all age groups but the...

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