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How I do it: an improved temporal bone holder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. S. Gendeh*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National University of Malaysia (NUM), Kuala Lumpur.
A. G. Gibb
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National University of Singapore (NUS).
B. A. K. Khalid
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (NUM), Kuala Lumpur.
*
Address for correspondence Dr B. S. Gendeh, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (NUM), Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fax: (603) 2912659

Abstract

Although some form of temporal bone holder is in use in virtually all ENT postgraduate teaching departments, a paucity of information in the literature may cause problems in selecting the most appropriate model to those responsible for equipping temporal bone laboratories.

The bone holder which we describe is based on existing designs but incorporates a built-in irrigation system which offers considerable advantages to the unassisted operator.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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