"Malleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the membrana tympani (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE). Its club-shaped head articulates with the INCUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008307
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.397.247.524
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| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malleus" by people in Profiles.
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[Postoperative hearing in tympanoplasty preserving the manubrium of malleus and tensor tympani muscle tendon]. Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2021 Nov; 35(11):981-987.
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Radiology quiz case 3. Malleus fixation. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Aug; 138(8):775-6.
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Patterns of failure in canal wall down mastoidectomy cavity instability. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Aug; 33(6):998-1001.
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Malleostapedotomy prosthesis size and shape: key measurements from a temporal bone study. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Jun; 33(4):518-22.