title: Does concomitant mastoidectomy improve outcomes for patients undergoing repair of tympanic membrane perforations?
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8605, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Theodore R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: McRackan
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Labadie
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty