Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
An unusual case of tympanic membrane rupture in a diver due to impact from an Atlantic Salmon, salmo salar is described. The diver was treated conservatively and the injury fully healed by eight weeks after which the diver successfully returned to diving. The author contends that the appearances of...
| Published in: | Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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The Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159616/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868602 https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm47.3.201-202 |
| Summary: | An unusual case of tympanic membrane rupture in a diver due to impact from an Atlantic Salmon, salmo salar is described. The diver was treated conservatively and the injury fully healed by eight weeks after which the diver successfully returned to diving. The author contends that the appearances of such traumatic perforations differ from barotrauma in divers secondary to ear clearing problems on descent. |
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