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Human stapes crura: Surface bone architecture: Scanning electron microscopic findings
Author(s) -
Graham Malcolm D.,
House Howard P.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197607000-00016
Subject(s) - otosclerosis , stapedectomy , stapes , scanning electron microscope , ear ossicles , anatomy , materials science , biology , medicine , audiology , composite material , middle ear
Human stapes crura obtained at the time of stapedectomy for clinical otosclerosis have been studied after removal of the mucosal and periosteal layers by treatment with hydrogen peroxide and ultrasonification. With the scanning electron microscope, four basic architectural patterns are evident: honeycomb, fibrillar, compact and pitted. The significance of these patterns is as yet unclear, but they do appear to be in intimate relationship one to another and perhaps are varying stages in a single process.