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ArticleTherapeutics and clinical risk management2017

Management of traumatic tympanic membrane perforation: a comparative study.

Tianxi Gao, Xiaoli Li, Juan Hu, Weijun Ma, Jingjing Li, Na Shao, Zhenghui Wang

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Article in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Audiological and Middle Ear Outcomes in Ukrainian Soldiers with Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  4. Factors Influencing the Outcome of Spontaneous Healing of Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforation: A Clinical Prospective Observational Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tianxi GaoDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoli LiDepartment of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Juan HuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Weijun MaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Jingjing LiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Na ShaoDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Zhenghui WangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of sea buckthorn oil patches in treating traumatic tympanic membrane (TM) perforations. We enrolled 370 patients with traumatic TM perforations of different sizes. These patients were randomly assigned to control group and treatment group. In the treatment group, a sterile cotton patch with sea buckthorn oil was used to cover the TM perforations. In the control group, patients were treated with a sterile cotton patch. The healing rate and time were compared between the two groups. We found that the overall healing rate was significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group. For middle and large TM perforations, sea buckthorn oil treatment led to a significant increase in the healing rate. At 2 months after injury, the duration of healing was, generally, shorter in the treatment group than in the control group (

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perforationregenerationsea buckthorn oiltympanic membrane

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PMID28769569
PMCPMC5533469
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