Good manufacturing practices-grade preformed ossicular prostheses from banked bone via computer numerically controlled micromilling

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Berrettini, Stefano ^a   Bruschini, Luca ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   D'Alessandro, Delfo ^a   D'Acunto, Mario ^c   Danti, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banked bone; Homograft; Micromilling; Ossicular replacement prosthesis; Ossiculoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSAFETY; BONE MATRIX; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CORTICAL BONE; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 78751694469     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000102     Document Type: Article

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