Flexible fiberoptic endoscopy and laser surgery in obliterated cochleas: Human temporal bone studies

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Kautzky, Michael ^a   Susani, Martin ^a   Franz, Peter ^a   Zrunek, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cochlea; cochlear implant; endoscopy; Holmium:YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FIBEROSCOPE; HISTOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; TEMPORAL BONE; VAPORIZATION;

COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE;

EID: 0029862969     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:3<271::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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