UNLABELLED The number of patients with stapes otosclerosis compared to the number of otorhinolaryngologists has declined over the past several years. As a result a controversy has arisen in the literature, whether or not stapes surgery should be included in residency programs. AIM the objective of the present study is to evaluate the results and complications of estapedotomies performed by re...

Background and Objectives Stapes surgery has been widely used to improve the conductive hearing loss caused by stapedial fixation. The purpose of this study is evaluate causes fixation using audiological results 100 stapes surgeries. Subjects Method We reviewed medical records consecutive surgeries between June 2011 December 2022. A total ears from 86 patients were included patient age ranged 6...

Numerous attempts to deal surgically with otosclerosis were made before the current method of stapedectomy with stapes prosthesis was established. We report a case with unique CT findings of a patient who underwent fenestration surgery for otosclerosis in the early 1940s. Recognition of this old surgical procedure on the imaging scans may avoid misdiagnosis of labyrinthine fistulae or middle an...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in bone conduction thresholds before, during and after total stapedectomy. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical study. METHODS In 27 ears of 26 patients undergoing stapedectomy under local anesthesia, bone conduction was measured before surgery, during surgery under open oval window conditions, and after the insertion of a steel wire conn...

OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability of high-resolution computed tomographic scan (HRCT scan) for the diagnosis of otosclerosis and to determine its usefulness to predict hearing deterioration and surgical difficulties. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary reference center. PATIENTS Two hundred nine ears (200 patients) presenting progressive conductive hearing loss with normal ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To prospectively evaluate surgical findings and hearing results in children undergoing surgery for congenital malformations of the ossicular chain with a mobile stapes footplate (Teunissen and Cremers class III malformations). STUDY DESIGN A nonrandomized, nonblinded, prospective case series. METHODS Fifteen consecutive pediatric patients who underwent 17 surgical proc...