Anatomy of the round window and hook region of the cochlea with implications for cochlear implantation and other endocochlear surgical procedures

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 641-648

  Li, Peter M M C ^a   Wang, Haobing ^a   Northrop, Clarinda ^a   Merchant, Saumil N ^a   Nadol Jr , Joseph B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Cochlear implants; Computer generated; Histology; Round window; Surgical procedures; Temporal bone; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; COCHLEA DUCT; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; CADAVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROUND WINDOW; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 34547733379     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e3180577949     Document Type: Article

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