TY - JOUR
T1 - Removing Cockroaches from the Auditory Canal
T2 - Controlled Trial
AU - O'toole, K.
AU - Paris, P. M.
AU - Stewart, R. D.
AU - Martinez, R.
PY - 1985/5/2
Y1 - 1985/5/2
N2 - To the Editor: A recent case seen in an emergency department of a large urban hospital may have finally settled the tormenting and age-old question concerning the best method of removing Periplaneta americana, the common cockroach, from the ear canal. Numerous methods have been described in the medical literature, the most popular of which appears to be placement of mineral oil in the canal and subsequent manual removal of the creature.1 More recently, lidocaine spray has been suggested as a more effective approach to this problem.2 A patient recently presented with a cockroach in both ears. The history was.
AB - To the Editor: A recent case seen in an emergency department of a large urban hospital may have finally settled the tormenting and age-old question concerning the best method of removing Periplaneta americana, the common cockroach, from the ear canal. Numerous methods have been described in the medical literature, the most popular of which appears to be placement of mineral oil in the canal and subsequent manual removal of the creature.1 More recently, lidocaine spray has been suggested as a more effective approach to this problem.2 A patient recently presented with a cockroach in both ears. The history was.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198505023121824
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198505023121824
M3 - Letter
C2 - 3982486
AN - SCOPUS:0021812339
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 312
SP - 1197
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 18
ER -