The internal dimensions of the cochlear scalae with special reference to cochlear electrode insertion trauma

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-737

  Biedron, Slavomir ^a   Prescher, Andreas ^b   Ilgner, Justus ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cochlea; Cochlea carotid interval; Cochlear implant; Cross sectional diameter; Insertional trauma; Scala tympani

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALA TYMPANI; SCALA VESTIBULI; STANDARD; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHILD; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCALA TYMPANI; SCALA VESTIBULI; TEMPORAL BONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954353779     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181d27b5e     Document Type: Article

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