Cochlear implantation through the middle fossa: An anatomic study for a novel technique

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 905-909

  De Brito, Rubens ^a   Bittencourt, Aline Gomes ^a   Tsuji, Robinson Koji ^a   Magnan, Jacques ^b   Bento, Ricardo Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratoire de Virologie Pôle hospitalier de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic suppurative otitis media; Middle fossa approach; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALA TYMPANI; SPIRAL LAMINA; SUPERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; CADAVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882296562     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2013.795291     Document Type: Article

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