Fallopian canal dehiscences: A survey of clinical and anatomical findings

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-126

  Di Martino, Ercole ^a   Sellhaus, Berndt ^b   Haensel, Jan ^a   Schlegel, Joerg Guido ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a   Prescher, Andreas ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cholesteatoma surgery; Dehiscence; Fallopian canal; Intraoperative risk

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AUTOPSY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOIDITIS; OTOSCLEROSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL BONE; UTERINE TUBE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVAL WINDOW; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 15244354207     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0867-0     Document Type: Review

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