TORP-vibroplasty: A new alternative for the chronically disabled middle ear

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 965-971

  Hüttenbrink, Karl Bernd ^a   Zahnert, Thomas ^b   Bornitz, Matthias ^b   Beutner, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable hearing aid; Titanium prosthesis; Total ossicular replacement prosthesis; Tympanoplasty; Vibroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR CARTILAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANOPLASTY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR, MIDDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; OTITIS MEDIA; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 59849083025     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318185fad8     Document Type: Article

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