Abstract
The glomus tumor is a middle ear neoplasm commonly delayed in diagnosis. Surgery and radiation are often recommended as therapy; in the literature are no reported series of piezoelectric excision of glomus tympanicum tumors. This paper reviews a series of ten patients in whom successful resection of the type A glomus tympanicum tumours was achieved with the use of Piezosurgery®. Piezosurgery® is a new instrument able to cut the bone without necrosis and non-mineralized tissues damage. In all the patients Piezosurgery® provided excellent control of glomus tympanicum tumors without side effects on the soft tissues.
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Salami, A., Mora, R. & Dellepiane, M. Piezosurgery in the exeresis of glomus tympanicum tumours. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265, 1035–1038 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0567-7
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