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Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan and Venkatesan, Ulaganathan and Seethalakshmi, Narashiman (2012) Endoscopic grommet insertion our experience. Online journal of otolaryngology jorl, 2 (1.5). pp. 11-17. ISSN 2250- 0359

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Abstract

Grommet insertion the commonest surgical procedure next only to circumcision is usually performed using an operating microscope 1. Authors have been using 4 mm 0 degree nasal endoscopes to perform this procedure during the last 5 years. This is a report of their experience in using endoscope inlieu of microscope in performing this surgery. This study makes a comparative analysis of Endoscopic Grommet insertion viz a viz Microscopic Grommet insertion. For this comparative analysis one year (2009) data base of Government Stanley Medical College Chennai India was used. This study reveals that Endoscopic Grommet insertion compared favorably with Microscopic Grommet insertion in all aspects with certain obvious advantages.

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