Accessing the stapedius muscle via novel surgical retrofacial approach during cochlear implantation surgery: Intraoperative results on feasibility and safety

• Orlando Guntinas-Lichius ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: orlando.guntinas@med.uni-jena.de

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9671-0784

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• Dirk Arnold,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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• Gerd Fabian Volk,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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• Daniela Korth,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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• Rene Aschenbach,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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• Johann-Martin Hempel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-5136

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• Fritz Schneider,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hearing Research Center, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

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• Thore Schade-Mann,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hearing Research Center, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-2440

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• Philipp Gamerdinger,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hearing Research Center, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

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• Anke Tropitzsch,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hearing Research Center, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

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• Hubert Löwenheim

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Hearing Research Center, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

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