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RESEARCH PRODUCT

BIOACTIVE GLASS CERAMIC

Ralf Reck

subject

CeramicsTympanic Membranemedicine.medical_treatmentHearing Loss ConductiveDentistryBiocompatible Materialslaw.inventionTympanoplastyOsteogenesislawotorhinolaryngologic diseasesmedicineOuter earAnimalsHumansCeramicEar OssiclesOssicular chainbusiness.industryProstheses and ImplantsTympanoplastymedicine.anatomical_structureOtorhinolaryngologyBioactive glassvisual_artvisual_art.visual_art_mediumGlassRabbitssense organsbusinessEar Canal

description

The practicability of the bioactive glass ceramic Cernvitnl® in ear surgery was tested in animals. The histological findings are presented. Over the last 3 years implants of bioactive glass ceramic were used in humans. Prostheses for the total or partial reconstruction of the ossicular chain and the reconstruction of the bony wall of the outer ear canal were fashioned. We have conducted about 300 tympanoplasties and 60 total or partial reconstructions of the bony wall of the outer ear canal. The otoscopic and functional results were satisfactory.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1983-02-01The Laryngoscope
https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198302000-00013