American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , January 2010

A novel technique for treating auricular hematomas in mixed martial artists (ultimate fighters)

  • Soham Roy, MD, FACS, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine, Box 016960 (D-48) Miami, FL 33136, USA.
    • ,
  • Lee P. Smith, MD

Received 23 June 2008

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 Presented as a poster presentation at the Triological Society annual meeting, Orlando, Fla, 2008.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00181-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.09.005

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 21-24 , January 2010

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