title: Temporal bone laboratory training for stapedectomy.
abstract: Practice in the Temporal Bone laboratory is a fundamental part of Otological training. Performing a stapedectomy on a normal temporal bone is handicapped by the mobility of the footplate. We describe a simple method of producing stapes footplate fixation in a normal temporal bone so that the operative conditions found in otosclerosis are more closely simulated.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Murrant
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gatland
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education*; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology