The perceived angle of the round window affects electrode insertion trauma in round window insertion - An anatomical study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Shapira, Yisgav ^a,b   Eshraghi, Adrien A ^a   Balkany, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; hearing preservation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EAR INJURY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALA TYMPANI; TEMPORAL BONE;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EAR; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951603177     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2010.533698     Document Type: Article

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