Clinical results after stapedotomy: A comparison between the erbium: Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser and the conventional technique

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-465

  Arnoldner, Christoph ^a   Schwab, Burkard ^a   Lenarz, Thomas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser; Long hearing results; Otosclerosis; Stapes surgery

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; OTOSCLEROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPEDOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPES SURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745277621     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200606000-00005     Document Type: Review

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