Comparison of the mechanical performance of ossiculoplasty using a prosthetic malleus-to-stapes head with a tympanic membrane-to-stapes head assembly in a human cadaveric middle ear model

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 903-909

  Bance, Manohar ^a   Morris, David P ^a   VanWijhe, Rene G ^a   Kiefte, Michael ^a   Funnell, W Robert J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malleus assembly; Middle ear; Ossiculoplasty; Prosthetic reconstruction; Stapes; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; EARDRUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALLEUS; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; VIBRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; INCUS; MALLEUS; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STAPES SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 8544231431     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200411000-00008     Document Type: Article

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