Among congenital ossicular anomalies without external ear atresia, malleus fixation is least common. We report a case of congenital malleus fixation by a bony bar connecting the malleus neck to the po...
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to report an original method of malleus relocation allowing for better placement of both partial and total prostheses in ossicular reconstruction. STUDY DESI...
HYPOTHESIS: Several clinical reports suggest that if the stapes superstructure is intact, ossicular reconstruction should be made to the stapes head rather than the footplate to achieve a better heari...
Most tympanosclerotic stapes fixation involves fixation or erosion of the malleus and/or incus. This status of the ossicular chain is one reason that ossiculoplasty for tympanosclerotic stapes fixatio...
An electromagnetic probe was used for statistical measurements on human temporal bone preparations in the malleus-incus region. When forces of 5 and 10 mN (milliNewton) were applied to certain points,...