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CASE REPORT

Petrous bone cholesteatoma removed by trans-superior semicircular canal approach: Long-term hearing results in three cases

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Pages 896-902 | Received 17 Oct 2011, Accepted 11 Dec 2011, Published online: 06 Jul 2012

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