Cartilage 'shoe': A new technique for stabilisation of titanium total ossicular replacement prosthesis at centre of stapes footplate

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 682-686

  Beutner, D ^a   Luers, J C ^a   Huttenbrink, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Otologic Surgical Procedures; Prostheses and Implants; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STAPES; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; OSSICULAR REPLACEMENT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STAPES; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 46249127807     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108002545     Document Type: Article

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