Biomaterial Database

Laser applications in ossicular surgery. 1990

T M McGee

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

In the past 8 years, the author has used the laser in more than 2800 cases of tympanomastoid surgery. Of these, more than 600 involved middle ear ossicular surgery including otosclerosis, congenital deformities, and fixations of the ossicular mass for various reasons. During this time, there have been no complications, either short-term or long-term, associated with the use of the laser. There are many tasks the laser can perform with less trauma, more precision, and greater speed than conventional hand-held tools. The laser does not replace these tools in otologic surgery, but it does add an instrument that allows the microsurgeon to perform difficult tasks with greater ease and confidence.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008307	Malleus	The largest of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the membrana tympani (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE). Its club-shaped head articulates with the INCUS.
D009998	Ossicular Prosthesis	An implant used to replace one or more of the ear ossicles. They are usually made of plastic, Gelfoam, ceramic, or stainless steel.	Implant, Middle Ear,Middle Ear Implant,Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis,PORP,TORP,Implant, Ossicular Replacement,Ossicular Replacement Implant,Ossicular Replacement Prostheses,Prostheses, Ossicular Replacement,Prosthesis, Ossicular Replacement,Replacement Implant, Ossicular,Replacement Prostheses, Ossicular,Replacement Prosthesis, Ossicular,Ear Implant, Middle,Ear Implants, Middle,Implants, Middle Ear,Implants, Ossicular Replacement,Middle Ear Implants,Ossicular Prostheses,Ossicular Replacement Implants,Ossicular Replacement Prosthese,Prostheses, Ossicular,Prosthesis, Ossicular,Replacement Implants, Ossicular
D010040	Otosclerosis	Formation of spongy bone in the labyrinth capsule which can progress toward the STAPES (stapedial fixation) or anteriorly toward the COCHLEA leading to conductive, sensorineural, or mixed HEARING LOSS. Several genes are associated with familial otosclerosis with varied clinical signs.	Otospongiosis,Otoscleroses,Otospongioses
D004427	Ear Diseases	Pathological processes of the ear, the hearing, and the equilibrium system of the body.	Otologic Diseases,Otological Diseases,Disease, Ear,Disease, Otologic,Disease, Otological,Ear Disease,Otologic Disease,Otological Disease
D004429	Ear Ossicles	A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these ear ossicles to the inner ear.	Auditory Ossicles,Auditory Ossicle,Ear Ossicle,Ossicle, Auditory,Ossicle, Ear,Ossicles, Auditory,Ossicles, Ear
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013201	Stapes Surgery	Surgery performed in which part of the STAPES, a bone in the middle ear, is removed and a prosthesis is placed to help transmit sound between the middle ear and inner ear.	Stapedectomy,Surgery, Stapes,Stapedectomies,Stapes Surgeries,Surgeries, Stapes
D053685	Laser Therapy	The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue.	Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser