After stapes surgery, patients with mixed or moderate hearing loss have limited possibilities for hearing improvement. We are reporting on a patient who underwent stapedotomy bilaterally 20 years ago and had sensorineural and mixed hearing loss. Recurrent otitis externa prevented the use of hearing aids. This patient was treated bilaterally with the Vibrant Soundbridge (Med-El, Innsbruck, Austr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior descriptions of imaging after failed stapes procedures for otosclerosis predated currently available CT technology and/or failed to assess commonly used metallic implants. The purpose of this study was to correlate temporal bone CT findings with clinically and intraoperatively determined causes of surgical failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients with otosclero...

OBJECTIVES To investigate intra- and postoperative outcomes of endoscopic stapes surgery. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Four tertiary care otologic centers. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Sixty-five subjects 18 years and older who underwent endoscopic stapes surgeries were analyzed. Variables analyzed included surgical techniques and intraoperative findings. Outcomes measured ...

In conductive hearing loss caused by otosclerosis stapes, surgery is the generally accepted treatment of choice. Since the introduction of stapes surgery in the 1950’s many different approaches have been developed. All modern procedures aim at reconstruction of a functional, mobile ossicular chain and adequate sound transfer at the stapes footplate. In the last two decennia small fenestra stape...

Introduction Observing the obliquity of stapes by closely scrutinizing the HRCT temporal bone in otosclerosis revealed a reliable and consistent finding. This finding can add to the existing radiological criteria in diagnosis of otosclerosis. Objective The objective of this study is to establish the obliquity of stapes in otosclerosis by radiological measurements using HRCT temporal bone by com...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review surgical findings and hearing outcomes of incus footplate assembly (IFA) for the patients with conductive hearing loss due to missing stapes superstructure with a mobile stapes footplate. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review and survey. METHODS Pre- and postoperative audiometric data and intraoperative findings were reviewed. Postoperative air-bone gap (ABG...

Unilateral otosclerosis combined with avascular necrosis of stapes crura is a rare entity. it should be considered in a case of high grade otosclerosis. Symptoms are the same as in patients who suffer from common otosclerosis. Patients complain on progressive hearing loss and tinnitus. The diagnosis is made clinically by conventional audiologic evaluation and radiologically by x-ray mastoid Sch...