Fixation of the anterior mallear ligament: Diagnosis and consequences for hearing results in stapes surgery

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-355

  Huber, Alexander ^a   Koike, Takuji ^c   Wada, Hiroshi ^c   Nandapalan, Vel ^a   Fisch, Ugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior mallear ligament; Conductive hearing loss; Laser Doppler interferometry; Mallear fixation; Malleus; Middle ear mechanics; Otosclerosis; Stapes surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR MALLEAR LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT LESION; MALE; MALLEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0345700762     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200409     Document Type: Article

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