Variant petrotympanic fissure as possible cause of an otologic complication during TMJ arthroscopy: A case report

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-19

  Schickinger, Bettina ^a   Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a   Cerny, Christian ^a   Kornfehl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Otosclerosis; Petrotympanic fissure; TMJ arthroscopy; Tympanic membrane perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTOSCLEROSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTOSCLEROSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 0031993120     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(98)80089-1     Document Type: Article

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