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cotton tip applicator; Q tip
Epidemiology:
- 260,000 children presented to emergency departments with ear injuries from cotton-tip applicators from 1990 to 2010
Complications:
- injury to the tympanic membrane
- ossicular dislocation
- perilymphatic fistulas
- facial nerve paralysis
- hearing loss
- intracranial infections
General
device (medical device)
References
- Ameen ZS, Chounthirath T, Smith GA, Jatana KR.
Pediatric cotton-tip applicator-related ear injury treated in
United States emergency departments, 1990-2010.
J Pediatr 2017 May 1
PMID: 28473166