Optimal graft thickness for different sizes of tympanic membrane perforation in cartilage myringoplasty: A finite element analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 725-730

  Lee, Chia Fone ^a,b,c   Chen, Jyh Horng ^a   Chou, Yuan Fang ^a   Hsu, Lee Ping ^b,c   Chen, Peir Rong ^b,c   Liu, Tien Chen ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cartilage myringoplasty; Mathematical model; Middle ear biomechanics

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MYRINGOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 34147129071     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mlg.0b013e318031f0e7     Document Type: Article

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