The fate of bone grafts in deep oval windows.
The use of bone grafts for total ossicular chain reconstructions in patients with deep oval windows may result in varying degrees of absorption of the segment of the bone graft in the fossula fenestra vestibuli. The mechanism of bone absorption is described--a condition not described before.
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Department of Otolaryngology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stroke-on-Trent.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010046:Oval Window, Ear / Q000473:pathology*; D014433:Tympanoplasty