Middle ear ventilation status postoperatively after translabyrinthine resection of vestibular schwannoma with mastoid obliteration and Eustachian tube occlusion: is the Eustachian tube enough to ventilate the middle ear without the mastoid air cell system?

BACKGROUND: Gas pressure balance is essential for maintaining normal middle ear function. The mucosal surfaces of the middle ear, the mastoid air cell system (MACS), and the Eustachian tube (ET) play a critical role in this process; however, the extent that each of these factors contributes to overa...

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Autores principales: Belyea, James, Wickens, Brandon, Bance, Manohar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-016-0157-z

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