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...

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Published in:Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal
Main Author: Smart, D
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 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
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6159616 2023-05-15T15:29:16+02:00 Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar Smart, D 2017-09 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 en eng The Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society and the European Underwater and Baromedical Society http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159616/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868602 http://dx.doi.org/10.28920/dhm47.3.201-202 Copyright: © 2017 Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal. This article is the copyright of the authors who grant Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine a non-exclusive licence to publish the article in printed and other forms. Case Report Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm47.3.201-202 2018-10-07T00:35:28Z 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. Text Atlantic salmon Salmo salar PubMed Central (PMC) Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal 47 3 201 202
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Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
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description 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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title Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
title_short Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
title_full Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
title_fullStr Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
title_full_unstemmed Ruptured tympanic membrane from underwater impact with an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
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