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Predictors of tympanostomy tube extrusion time in otitis media with effusion

Abdulaziz K. Alaraifi, Abdullah S. Alkhaldi, Ibrahim S. Ababtain and Fahad A. Alsaab
Saudi Medical Journal July 2022, 43 (7) 730-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20220323
Abdulaziz K. Alaraifi
From the Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Alaraifi, Alkhaldi, Alsaab), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, and from College of Medicine (Ababtain), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah S. Alkhaldi
From the Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Alaraifi, Alkhaldi, Alsaab), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, and from College of Medicine (Ababtain), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim S. Ababtain
From the Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Alaraifi, Alkhaldi, Alsaab), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, and from College of Medicine (Ababtain), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahad A. Alsaab
From the Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Alaraifi, Alkhaldi, Alsaab), Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, and from College of Medicine (Ababtain), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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