Radiologic and mechanical properties of inactivated ossicle homografts

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Hotz, Michel A ^a   Speirs, Andrew D ^b   Oxland, Thomas ^b   Müller, Markus ^a   Hämmerle, Christoph ^a   Häusler, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b M E Muller Institute of Biomechanic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUS; MALLEUS; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EAR OSSICLES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; STERILIZATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032946342     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199901000-00014     Document Type: Article

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