Movements of the Intact and Reconstructed Ossicular Chain during Changes in Static Pressure

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-29

  Mills, Robert ^a,c   Szymanski, Margin ^a   Abel, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Middle ear; Ossiculoplasty; Pressure; Static

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUS; MALLEUS; MAMMAL; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE; VIDEORECORDING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EAR OSSICLES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; INCUS; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STAPES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0842287313     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310015281     Document Type: Article

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