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Prediction of Difficult Round Window Visibility during Cochlear Implantation via a Reformatted CT Facial Recess View: A Retrospective Study with Surgical Correlation

Si Wei Kheok, Jia Hui Ng, Lishya Liauw, Vanessa Yee Jueen Tan and Jiun Fong Thong
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2025, 46 (3) 572-579; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8503
Si Wei Kheok
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (S.W.K., L.L.), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
bDuke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School (S.W.K., J.H.N., L.L.), Singapore
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Jia Hui Ng
bDuke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School (S.W.K., J.H.N., L.L.), Singapore
cDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (J.H.N., V.Y.J.T.), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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Lishya Liauw
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (S.W.K., L.L.), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
bDuke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School (S.W.K., J.H.N., L.L.), Singapore
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Vanessa Yee Jueen Tan
cDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (J.H.N., V.Y.J.T.), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
dDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology (J.F.T.), Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong
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Jiun Fong Thong
dDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology (J.F.T.), Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong
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Si Wei Kheok, Jia Hui Ng, Lishya Liauw, Vanessa Yee Jueen Tan, Jiun Fong Thong
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