title: [Late results of stapedectomy after 15 years (author's transl)].
abstract: Stapedectomy in Otosclerosis in using polyethylene struts or stainless-steel wire protheses results in permanent correction of the postoperative gap. The use of stainless-steel wire protheses however is successful with 94% of the patients regarding the postoperative gap, compared to 89% of the patients in using the polyethylene struts. The postoperative decrement of bone conduction is statistically significantly lower in the stainless-steel wire protheses than in polyethylene struts.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D001844:Bone Conduction; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D011095:Polyethylenes; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D013232:Steel; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes; D013232:Steel
vernacular_title: Spätergebnisse nach über 15 Jahren Stapedektomie