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ReviewHNO2026

[Future perspectives in otological surgery].

Merete Hartmann, Christian Wrobel

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Review in HNO, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Merete HartmannKlinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland.
Christian WrobelKlinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Deutschland. christian.wrobel@med.uni-goettingen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A well-founded view of the future of otological surgery requires reflection on its history and, in particular, its current state of development. This discipline has always been shaped by detours, coincidences and groundbreaking turning points and will likely continue to be so. At present, however, highly dynamic developments are emerging that indicate a transition from purely reconstructive approaches toward surgically assisted, functionally restorative and regenerative and individualized treatment for disorders of the middle and inner ear. Major innovations in imaging and visualization, materials science, microelectronics and nanoelectronics, computer technology, bioengineering and molecular biology are currently driving this transformation. These advances are increasingly converging into an interdisciplinary field of innovation that will decisively influence the future direction of otological surgery.

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Cochlear implantsHearing disordersRegenerative medicineStem cell therapyTissue engineering

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