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Middle Ear

Plug size selection protocol for the treatment of intractable patulous Eustachian tube with Kobayashi Plug

Ryoukichi IkedaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; ;Otolaryngology, Sen-En Rifu Otologic Surgery Center, Rifu, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Toshiaki KikuchiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Yoshinobu KawamuraDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; ;Otolaryngology, Sen-En Rifu Otologic Surgery Center, Rifu, Japan
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Hiromitsu MiyaakiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; ;Otolaryngology, Sen-En Rifu Otologic Surgery Center, Rifu, Japan
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Tetsuaki KawaseDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Yukio KatoriDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;
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Toshimitsu KobayashiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; ;Otolaryngology, Sen-En Rifu Otologic Surgery Center, Rifu, Japan
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Pages 849-853 | Received 08 May 2019, Accepted 03 Jul 2019, Published online: 20 Aug 2019

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