American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 343-346 , September 2009

Combined transoral and nasendoscopic resection of an eustachian tube hairy polyp causing neonatal respiratory distress

  • Namit Agrawal, BSc, MRCS, DOHNS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust London, 1A Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B74 2QH, UK.
    • ,
  • Deepak Kanabar, MRCPaed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Gavin A. Morrison, MA FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust London, United Kingdom

Received 3 March 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00118-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.001

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 343-346 , September 2009

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