[TF-eg] PHACON Temporal Bone Patient “Schneider”

Patient characteristics

• Age: 6
• left side
• normal pediatric anatomy

Model characteristics

• applicable for
◦ mastoidectomy, cochleostomy
◦ placing bone conduction implants
◦ placing middle ear implant systems
◦ electrode insertion into the Scala tympani (cochlea implant)

• included structures and landmarks
◦ pneumatised bone with cochlea, ductus semicirculares and flexible ossicles
◦ membranes: tympanic membrane
◦ nerves: Nervus facialis and Chorda tympani
◦ muscles: Musculus stapedius, Musculus tensor tympani and Musculus digastricus
◦ vessels: Sinus sigmoideus and Arteria carotis
◦ representation of soft tissue: Dura mater, Sinus sigmoideus, periosteum and skin