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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Outpatient Management of Aural Fullness: A Retrospective Case Series of 100 Patients with Cerumen Impaction, Keratosis Obturans, and External Auditory Canal Cholesteatoma.

Giovanni Motta, Domenico Testa, Giuseppe Barba, Rosa Grassia, Francesco Chiari, Arianna Di Stadio, Giuseppe Tortoriello

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. [Expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of external auditory canal cholesteatoma（2026）].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Giovanni MottaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale dei Colli, Ospedale Monaldi", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4570-4899
Domenico TestaENT Unit, Department of Mental, Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7176-3652
Giuseppe BarbaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale dei Colli, Ospedale Monaldi", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Rosa GrassiaOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale dei Colli, Ospedale Monaldi", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Francesco ChiariOtolaryngology, Head and Neck Unit, "Santo Spirito" Hospital, 65124 Pescara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5600-3938
Arianna Di StadioENT Unit, Department of Mental, Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5510-3814
Giuseppe TortorielloOtolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Unit, "Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale dei Colli, Ospedale Monaldi", 80131 Naples, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aural fullnesscerumen impaction (CI)external auditory canal cholesteatoma (EACC)keratosis obturans (KO)otalgiaotorrhea

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PMID41465873
PMCPMC12734970

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