Outlook for Tissue Engineering of the Tympanic Membrane

Tympanic membrane perforation is a common problem leading to hearing loss. Despite the autoregenerative activity of the eardrum, chronic perforations require surgery using different materials, from autologous tissue - fascia, cartilage, fat or perichondrium - to paper patch. However, both, surgical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Villar-Fernandez, Maria A., Lopez-Escamez, Jose A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4627121/