TY - GEN AU - Becvarovski,Z AU - Kartush,J M TI - Smoking and tympanoplasty: implications for prognosis and the Middle Ear Risk Index (MERI) SN - 0023-852X PY - 2002///0208 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Ear Diseases KW - etiology KW - Ear, Middle KW - surgery KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Mastoid KW - Middle Aged KW - Myringoplasty KW - Postoperative Complications KW - Prognosis KW - Risk Factors KW - Smoking KW - adverse effects KW - Speech Reception Threshold Test KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Tympanoplasty N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article UR - https://doi.org/10.1097/00005537-200110000-00026 ER -