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Facts and fantasies in modern otology: the ear doctor's dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Gordon D. L. Smyth
Gordon D. L. Smyth
Affiliation:
Mr Alan Kerr F.R.C.S., Eye and Ear Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BTI2 6BA.
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Abstract

Until it is accepted that many of the recommendations for surgical treatment of middle ear disease, based on impressions formed twenty years ago, are misleading, attempts to rationalize the use of hospital resources will be little more than cosmesis. Responsibility for the initiation of cost-effective reform is primarily that of surgeons and requires urgent self-audit and the provision of realistic advice to patients (and administrators) as to what benefits microsurgery of the ear can offer.

Type
Toynbee Memorial Lecture 1992
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 591 - 596
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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