Comparative electron microscopic study of the surface structure of gold, teflon, and titanium stapes prostheses

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 608-613

  Kwok, Pingling ^a   Fisch, Ugo ^b   Strutz, Jürgen ^a   Jacob, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Stapedotomy; Stapes prosthesis; Titanium prosthesis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM; POLITEF; STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; HEARING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPEDOTOMY; STAPES SURGERY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034848213     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200109000-00008     Document Type: Article

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