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Prevention of postoperative meningitis in cochlear implantation: the advantage of the use of temporal muscles and fibrin glue for the shield of cochleostomy.

Masashi Ozeki, Nobuhiro Watanabe, Naoya Miyamoto, Mariko Takahashi, Shingo Murakami, Yoshimasa Sekiya, and Hitomi Inoue

Cochlear Implants Int (2004) PMID 18792243

DOI: 10.1002/cii.175
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