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In middle ear surgery, the hypotympanum does not usually offer the same difficulties as in glomus tumour surgery. Nevertheless, it is the starting point of the anterior hypolabyrinthine cell tract. Osteitis, epidermization and cholesteatoma may present a challenge in close contact with internal carotid artery, cochlea, jugular bulb and facial nerve.
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Charachon, R. (1985). Management of the hypotympanum. In: Marquet, J.F.E. (eds) Surgery and Pathology of the Middle Ear. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5002-3_15
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