A new L-shaped titanium prosthesis for total reconstruction of the ossicular chain

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 891-902

  Fisch, Ugo ^a   May, John ^c   Linder, Thomas ^b   Naumann, Ilka Charlotte ^d  

^a KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^b LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fisch; Ossiculoplasty; Titanium prosthesis; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CARTILAGE; EARDRUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; EAR OSSICLES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544276624     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200411000-00007     Document Type: Article

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