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View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the period from 1990 to 1994, 52 facial nerve injuries caused by fragments firearm projectiles were managed. Their features (localization, severity and extensiveness) were correlated with 37 nerve injuries in blunt head injuries with fracture of temporal bone. In blunt head injuries, 81.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to prevent complications which occur in classical stapedoplasty, authors applied a new atraumatic procedure in 138 patients with otosclerosis. Along with preserved ossicular chain, stapedotomy was performed and a piston-wire prosthesis placed. Disarticulation of incudostapedial joint was the next part of the procedure with removal of suprastructure of the stapes.
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