title: Piezosurgery in the exeresis of glomus tympanicum tumours.
abstract: The glomus tumor is a middle ear neoplasm commonly delayed in diagnosis. Surgery and radiation are often recommended as therapy; in the literature are no reported series of piezoelectric excision of glomus tympanicum tumors. This paper reviews a series of ten patients in whom successful resection of the type A glomus tympanicum tumours was achieved with the use of Piezosurgery Piezosurgery is a new instrument able to cut the bone without necrosis and non-mineralized tissues damage. In all the patients Piezosurgery provided excellent control of glomus tympanicum tumors without side effects on the soft tissues.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University of Genoa, Via Pastore 3, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salami
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dellepiane
mesh_terms: D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D043604:Glomus Tympanicum Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*