1. Prosthesis for the problem incus in stapedectomy
- Author
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Arnold G. Schuring and William H. Lippy
- Subjects
Adult ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Incus ,Dentistry ,Stapes Surgery ,Prosthesis ,Necrosis ,Postoperative Complications ,Methods ,Medicine ,Humans ,Bone level ,Aged ,Ear Ossicles ,business.industry ,fungi ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,General Medicine ,Prostheses and Implants ,Stapedectomy ,Middle Aged ,Stainless Steel ,Stapes surgery ,Otitis Media ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Surgery ,business ,Bone Conduction ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
A stainless steel modified Robinson prosthesis was used when an incus with a missing lenticular process or an eroded long process was encountered during stapes surgery. Of 32 cases, the air-bone gap was closed to within 10 dB of the preoperative bone level in 29.
- Published
- 1974