Stapes surgery: The diameter of the long process of the incus

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Kwok, Pingling ^a   Fisch, Ugo ^b   Gleich, Otto ^a   Achhammer, Klaus ^a   Strutz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Hirslanden Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Long process of incus; Loop size; Size of incus; Stapes prosthesis; Stapes surgery

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; HEARING LOSS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUS; MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; STAPES SURGERY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSICULAR REPLACEMENT; STAPES SURGERY;

EID: 33745235824     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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