Laser-assisted endoscopic stapedectomy: A prospective study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 5 II, 2000, Pages 1-30

  Poe, Dennis S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Laser; Stapedectomy

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EARDRUM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; GUINEA PIG; HEARING; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPEDECTOMY; STAPES SURGERY; VAPORIZATION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0034102628     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200005001-00001     Document Type: Article

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