High-fidelity, inexpensive surgical middle ear simulator

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1573-1577

  Monfared, Ashkan ^a   Mitteramskogler, Gerald ^b   Gruber, Simon ^b   Salisbury Jr , J Kenneth ^c   Stampfl, Jurgen ^b   Blevins, Nikolas H ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle ear simulator; Otology education; Otosclerosis simulator; Stapedotomy simulator; Surgical simulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EAR SURGERY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE EAR; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOSCLEROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EAR, MIDDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTOSCLEROSIS;

EID: 84870355894     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31826dbca5     Document Type: Article

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